Deer rut is a biological spectacle that takes place every year in Illinois throughout the state with an estimated 660,000 ...

Deer velvet is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Other names for it include velvet antler and antler velvet. It is made from immature deer antlers, which are covered in velvet-like hair.

As spring returns to Montana, so do the shed hunters. Those who trek through forests and foothills in search of naturally ...

Every year, wildlife — deer, elk, pronghorn and moose — naturally shed their antlers in the fall and winter, then grow a new set in spring and summer. For hikers going out in search of these fallen ...

By contrast, antlers consist of bone covered by living skin known as “velvet,” which supplies blood ... but antlers grow on species in the deer family, and typically on males.