Deer antlers when in velvet are soft and easily damaged. When broken, it will bleed profusely. That may be one reason why larger-antlered bucks at this time of the year (summer) are so reclusive ...

Every year, antlers grow on the heads of deer, elk, moose, and other cervids faster than any other growing bone on the planet. This is a well known and documented fact that gives scientists and ...

Deer grow antlers, not horns. Antlers are true bone and mainly made of calcium, and are shed each winter before regrowing each spring and summer. Antler growth on whitetail bucks originates from a ...

Scientists have grown “mini-antlers” on mice by inserting deer genes into the mouse genome, according to a new paper. The results suggest that mammals that have lost the ability to regenerate ...

This time of year, the antlers of Georgia’s white-tailed male deer, or bucks, are growing super fast. It’s why July’s full moon, which will light up the sky on Monday evening before ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In almost all deer, the males or bucks develop antlers for the purpose of attracting female deer or does and for defending their territory from other males. This is only ...

Deer antlers are one of the fastest growing tissues known to man and can grow up to ½ inch per day. While growing, which can take up to 4 months, they are covered in a soft, hairy skin called velvet.

Scientists from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China have grown antler-like structures on the foreheads of mice by transplanting stem cells from deer.

Male deer grow these impressive face ornaments every year, in a cycle of life, death and itchiness. Lyudmila Chetvertnykh / Alamy Every spring, in virtually every forest in the continental United ...