Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

The massive extinct animal stood up to seven feet tall and had antlers that spanned up to 12 feet. Lough Neagh has provided other skeletal remains of the giant beasts.

While we're going back to first grade to review our paleontology facts, check out these 15 epic extinct animals. If they were ...

Researchers have found evidence that Schomburgk’s deer – thought extinct since 1938 – may have lived until at least the 1990s, and possibly still today.

Biggest. Antlers. Ever. Meet the Irish Elk On view at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum, this specimen of the extinct species unlocks an evolutionary mystery ...

Meet the Irish elk: an enormous extinct deer with a pair of comically large antlers to boot. The ancient behemoth’s unusual appendages, which measure a whopping 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) from tip ...

Fishermen in Northern Ireland pulled in the catch of a lifetime when they caught an enormous Irish elk skull that's estimated to be more than 10,500 years old.

The extinct giant deer was similar in size to the living elk - or moose as it's known in North America - but with much bigger antlers. This species, Alces alces, is the elk after which the Irish elk ...

Since then, the company has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically “engineer them into living animals,” said CEO Ben Lamm.

Clocking in at about 6.5 feet tall and weighing upwards of 1,500 pounds, the males boasted antlers over 12 feet wide. By comparison, modern elk have antlers that are about four feet across .

So today, we’ve rounded up a list of animals that have sadly gone extinct: some in recent years, others within our lifetime. From 32 Animals That Sadly Went Extinct And Why ...