New research suggests female reindeer antlers serve as postpartum snacks, with new moms munching on them after giving birth to get a much-needed boost of protein, calcium and phosphorus ...

It's always easy to tell bucks from does in many of the deer species, because bucks (male deer) have antlers and does (female deer) don't. But what about reindeer? They're part of the deer species, so ...

During their pregnancy migrations, female caribou likely become depleted in key minerals, like calcium and phosphorus, yet ...

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of shed antlers collected from calving grounds in the Arctic National ...

Caribou are the only deer species in which females also have antlers, and experts have long assumed that these antlers are ...

The easiest way to tell the gender of an adult deer in the summer and fall is whether they have antlers. At least that’s normally the case. Sharing a photo of an “antlered” doe, South Carolina ...