Angelo Gandolfi / Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) buck in velvet standing by flowering tree, Pantanal, Brazil

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Portrait of male Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) with large antlers, in velvet. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, June.

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck portrait with developing antlers in velvet. Estonia, Europe, March.

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) males with developing antlers in velvet, one in focus, one not. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, March. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awar...

Donald M. Jones / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) bull in velvet, central Alaska

Donald M. Jones / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) bull in velvet, central Alaska

Donald M. Jones / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) bull in velvet, central Alaska

Staffan Widstrand / European Moose {Alces alces} shedding velvet from antler, Sarek NP, Lapland, Sweden.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) portrait of bull in summer tundra, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) young bull in summer tundra, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) bull, Alaska

John Downer / Red deer stag showing antler growth {Cervus elaphus} UK