The biggest males weighed 1,500 pounds, about the same as an Alaskan moose, and they sported the largest antlers the world has ever known—12 feet across, weighing almost 90 pounds. They were ...

Males have large sets of antlers, as well as a long floppy “dewlap” or “bell” that hangs below their throat, and are more than 40 percent larger than females. The midwestern moose is the ...