These incredible beasts were said to have roamed the earth about 8,000 years ago before becoming extinct. Although scientists ...

Ardboe Gallery/FacebookA close-up of the Irish elk skull, which was found mostly intact with the antlers still attached. The skull and antlers once belonged to a now extinct ancient species known ...

A tweet from one of Heinrich’s two accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, said “elk were extinct in New Mexico” just a little over a century ago.

Their meat, skin and antlers were all sought after. This already huge mammal actually has an even bigger extinct ancestor. The Irish elk roamed across Eurasia during the last glacial period (a ...