Giant Irish Deer Megaloceros giganteus in National Museum of Ireland. This room is also affectionately known as the Dead Zoo. CREDIT: Paolo Viscardi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The first wave of extinction for the giant deer was around 12,000 years ago when it disappeared from Ireland, Britain and most of Europe. During this time, at the end of the Ice Age, the climate ...

Archaeologists have discovered an antlered skull of a giant deer dating from Ireland's dinosaur era in Co Donegal. The Giant Irish Deer, which stood two metres high at the shoulders, is thought to ...

This is not a legend spun by old storytellers, but the true story of the Irish elk—a magnificent giant deer that once ruled the Emerald Isle and much of Eurasia.

The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), also called giant deer for obvious reasons, was Europe’s biggest ever deer, and one of the largest deer to exist period, measuring around 2 meters (6.5 ...

Giant deer drawings have been found on the walls of caves in what is now known as Southern France. They roamed the ancient British Isles, and mainland Europe, for centuries.

The earliest fossil record of the giant deer is from 400,000 years ago, while the last fossil record is from 8,000 years ago. 7. A museum employee views the 3.8m (12.5ft) ...

From mastodons to ancient rhinos and giant deer, large herbivores have been shaping Earth's landscapes for millions of years. A new study, published in Nature Communications, shows how these ...