However, an adult elk is taller and weighs more than an adult caribou. Caribou is also the only species in the deer family ...

Members of the Cervidae family — including the white-tail deer, mule deer, elk, moose, and reindeer/caribou — have developed antlers to serve as a defense system. But they also have other purposes.

When it comes to size, elk are bigger as they are 25-50% larger than reindeer (often referred to as caribou in North America) ...

Caribou are the only members of the deer family where both sexes grow antlers. Like moose, deer and elk, the antlers are shed and new ones grown every year. Caribou hooves are wide and curve ...

antler shedding, or casting, is a normal annual process for male moose, deer, elk, and other members of the Cervidae family, commonly called cervids. The only exception is caribou, or reindeer ...

Shed hunting is the pursuit for antlers cast off by members of the deer (cervidae) family, including whitetail and mule deer, elk, caribou, and moose. Every year in late winter or early spring ...

The Irish elk, or Megaloceros giganteus, ranged across northern Eurasia from Siberia to Ireland and shed its giant antlers every year. It is on display in the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep ...