Among the many standout features found in the animal world, horns rank as some of the most multifunctional and fascinating. A variety of mammals—from deer and rhinos to antelopes, buffalo, goats ...

Squamates — lizards and snakes — have repeatedly evolved horns atop their heads, on their eyebrows and jutting out from their snouts (SN: 6/9/20).Prior studies suggested these ornaments may ...

Female wildebeest are engaged in an evolutionary arms race - but scientists aren't sure why.. Researchers studying blue wildebeest skulls found that sexual selection is driving the development of ...

Triceratops, with its three horns and bony frill around the back of its head, is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs.Its name is a combination of the Greek syllables tri-, meaning "three ...

The horn is also a prophecy of messianic power — "I will make a horn sprout for David" (Psalm 132:17). For these and other reasons, Moses is often depicted with horns .

Moose are the largest members of the deer family. If you have ever seen a male moose (called a bull), you know just how ...

The placard next to the animal’s large, wonderfully ornate skull — reminiscent of a Triceratops — simply read, “New dinosaur under study, stay tuned!” ...

A spike in the poaching of elephants and rhinos has become so alarming that experts are debating controversial plans to permit the legalized international trade of ivory and rhino horn.

It was a four-legged herbivore, with a giant upper and lower beak, two long horns protruding from above its eyes, and a roughly 3-foot-long frill with two huge, blade-like horns extending from the ...