Irish fisherman Raymond McElroy caught a giant surprise when the antlers and skull of a massive, and extinct, Giant Irish Elk got entangled in his fishing nets in September 2018. McElroy made the ...

The giant deer, Megaloceros giganteus, no longer roams Europe, but fossil bones and antlers in the Museum's collection hold clues as to how this spectacular prehistoric deer behaved, where it lived ...

Analyses of DNA of the Irish elk, which died out after the last ice age, may settle a long-running debate about the massive creature’s place on the deer family tree. The Irish elk, or Megaloceros ...

MARIE NOLAN UNTIL now it has always been believed that climate change led to the extinction of the Irish Elk. But new evidence suggests it was Stone Age hunters and not the weather that killed off the ...

A group of history students have discovered the antler of an Irish Elk in cliffs near Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man. Although the exact age of the antler has yet to be determined, the position of ...

This photo shows how gigantic an Irish Elk looks compared to two humans. Megaloceros giganteus - literally "giant horn" - is the scientific name for this animal. If you're packing your bag to go find ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People gathered at the Springfield Lodge of Elks #61 for the celebration. There, the elk members recognized the 2025 Irish Elk Of ...

New fossil finds indicate that the Irish elk, previously thought to have gone extinct at the end of the last ice age, survived in some spots for several millennia more. Megaloceros giganteus actually ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Michael Joseph Fitzgerald of East Longmeadow was recognized as this year’s Irish Elk of the Year during the annual Irish Dinner Dance hosted by the Springfield Elks ...