“It was one of the most celebrated extinct animals, up there with ... Humans forgot all about this giant deer until the late 1500s and early 1600s, when Irish peasants, digging in bogs for ...

This incredible extinct predatory animal can be most recognized ... A funny fact is that the Irish elk was not actually an ...

Eurasian elk are one of the largest deer species on the planet ... This already huge mammal actually has an even bigger extinct ancestor. The Irish elk roamed across Eurasia during the last ...

The antlers of an ancient Irish Elk have been found by two fisherman in Lough Neagh. The antlers are thought to be more than 10,000 years old and have a span of more than 3 metres. Due to being ...