The study documented antlers shed by caribou in the Arctic tundra that had stayed undisturbed for decades. Researchers found ...

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of ...

Learn how the answer behind why female caribou have antlers lies in how shed antlers provide a nutritional lifeline to a famous migratory group of Arctic caribous.

A recent study found an unexpected benefit of female caribou antlers: they can function like a vitamin for deer that have just given birth ...

Female caribou chew shed antlers to get calcium and phosphorus. These minerals help them produce milk after giving birth.

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

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." North Americans have ...