Reindeer (also known ... The size of the female antlers may help to determine same-sex hierarchy and access to preferential feeding grounds in the winter. This is particularly important during ...

But unlike males, female reindeer keep their antlers all winter. Female reindeer give birth in the spring and it’s thought that keeping their antlers makes them dominant in the herd, helping ...

Female reindeer have antlers, while female whitetail deer don ... while they become much harder during the winter. This adaptation allows them to better traverse their seasonal migrations ...

Winter is here and the white-tailed deer breeding season ... for caribou (reindeer), only male deer have antlers, with the odd exception of a rare female with a hormonal imbalance, which sometimes ...