When deer start showing up in backyards, it’s easy to feel like you should help them, particularly in winter. Even just a bit of food can’t hurt, right? Well, wildlife agencies discourage this ...

The group that manages Catalina Island’s wildlife has submitted a plan to kill some 2000 of the area’s iconic mule deer — ...

Hunters took 13,055 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s four-day muzzleloader hunting season that ended on Tuesday, Jan. 6, ...

Chronic wasting disease is slowly spreading through Louisiana deer populations.

Deer change where and how long they feed when they detect the scent of large predators, reducing damage to young trees.

As photos of so-called "Frankenstein" rabbits and squirrels with strange growths on their heads and bodies have started to pop up on social media, users are now sharing pictures taken of deer with ...

New research shows that the mere smell of predators is enough to change deer behavior and limit browsing damage to tree saplings. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, offer a ...

(NEXSTAR) — Deer hunting season is upon us across the Midwest, prompting a reminder from wildlife officials: Be on the lookout for chronic wasting disease, or CWD. CWD is a contagious, fatal, ...

A “crazy” deer terrorized a quiet neighborhood in suburban Long Island during a three-day rampage where it rammed into cars — and even eerily “knocked” on one terrified woman’s front door. The demon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 14—ROCHESTER — Deer hunters in southern Minnesota can start grabbing their rifles, leaving the shotgun in the gun cabinet, ...

There are real viruses that can cause wartlike growths called fibromas in deer — typically, a specific papillomavirus. What's False The virus that typically causes fibromas in deer isn't new and poses ...

This story, “Whitetails Make Mistakes,” appeared in the December 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. I’VE BEEN HUNTING deer for close to 40 years, and I can count on my fingers the rack-carrying whitetails I ...