A study conducted by the Wildlife Society revealed a strange habit of ungulates. Species like pronghorn tend to avoid utility ...

But when the animals die, their horns don’t always go to waste. A very specialized insect native to Africa, the horn moth, “lays its larvae in the horns of these deceased animals,” Bergin says.

Explore the world’s most incredible horned animals nature’s masterpieces of size, shape, and power. From towering spiral horns to massive curved tusks, these creatures use their horns for more ...

To become antlers, that velvet must eventually die and get scraped off by the animal, revealing the battle-worthy bone. (Read how animals evolved horns, antlers, and other head armaments.) ...