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, and ...

Are you ready to get to know your animals? Here are 57 African animals with horns - 12 of which we'll highlight in detail.

In South Africa, elephants and rhinos are considered some of the most intimidating animals to meet in the wild. Based solely ...

You may be surprised to learn how many animals have tusks. First, we need to know the difference between tusks and horns.

When Marais approaches the unconscious rhino, he covers its eyes to protect them and then uses a chainsaw to cut off its ...

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 ...

The horns of an animal are its defence mechanism when it’s alive, but in the case of a dead duiker, the damage infliction was reserved for a python attempting to swallow its carcass whole—the horns ...

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.

Why Did Dinosaurs Have Horns? ... “Animals use their heads any way they want to,” Farke says, “and even if a horn is primarily the result of sexual selection, ...