(For instance, you’re more likely to see a squirrel or a deer on a hike than a cougar, Borths said.) And often, only teeth or fragments of skulls are found, he added. The discovery of such a ...

“His excited shout brought the team together, marking the beginning of an extraordinary discovery: a nearly complete skull of an ancient apex carnivore, a dream for any vertebrate paleontologist.

Deer are abundant in almost every U.S. state, inhabiting forests, grasslands, prairies, and coastal areas. There are several species of deer throughout the country, although white-tailed deer are the ...