Reindeer have more prominent and denser antlers than ... for having a small home range of a few miles, while reindeer are among the animals that migrate the most. Some caribou cover up to 3000 ...

Male caribou generally bear large ... Rare genetic defects can cause a female deer to grow small antlers directly from the skull plate and not from a pedicle. Such defects are permanent and ...

Caribou antlers, like those of elk ... of the Arctic refuge require meticulous logistical planning, Miller said. Small planes deposit researchers and their gear deep in the interior, where ...

Except for caribou (reindeer), only male deer have antlers, with the odd exception of a rare female with a hormonal imbalance, which sometimes grows a set of small antlers. Antlers are the fastest ...

From the small ossicones on a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a male moose—which ... source of conserved regeneration cells in ... Caribou have been using the same Arctic calving grounds ...

While antlers belong almost exclusively to the boys. Female caribou are the only exception, and their antlers are pretty small. Y: So there you have it! Horns versus antlers. Just remember ...

A University of Cincinnati study figured this out by studying the chemicals in antlers left behind. Female caribou's antlers fall off days after they give birth. Male caribou won't shed their ...

Only members of the deer family have antlers that are shed each year, rather than horns that remain throughout the animal's life. Reindeer and caribou are even further distinctive — females as ...