Horns and antlers are extensions of an animal's skull and are generally found only on males, though there are quite a few exceptions. Although horns and antlers look similar in appearance ...

Triceratops’ enormous head might have been all it took to send other dinosaurs running—some recovered skulls measure up to 10 feet long. Its head was ornamented with three horns, a short one ...

"Holes in the skull bones indicate that herders also broke the skull of the young animals to force the horns to grow upright. It is a practice that certain African pastoral communities still apply ...

Dr Stephen Gerber from Nylstroom Animal Clinic removing a ... “It was a duiker’s skull, with the horns intact,” laughs Gerber. “Giraffes don’t typically chew on skulls,” he explains.

“Since giraffes primarily feed on leaves, they do this to make up for mineral deficiencies in their diet, especially calcium and phosphorus. It’s called osteophagia and is not usually observed when ...