Tag: Deer

From tracking endangered species to writing for the Missouri Conservationist magazine over the summer, members of The Wildlife Society’s Northwest Missouri State University Student Chapter gained field experience through interning...

TWS Northeast Section Representative Paul Johansen testified to members of Congress last week about chronic wasting disease and ways the federal government can help state agencies combat it. The Chief...

Using a new mouse model, researchers detected two unique strains of chronic wasting disease— one carried by elk and another by deer. “These findings suggest that CWD from elk and...

Deer in the Mid-Atlantic may be more susceptible to chronic wasting disease than deer elsewhere, according to recent research, which found they carry more gene markers known to represent a...

Michigan is ramping up its efforts to fight chronic wasting disease. The Detroit Free Press reports that the state Department of Natural Resources is teaming up with Michigan State University...

As coyotes (Canis latrans) expand their range and increase their population sizes across the eastern United States, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations are not impacted, according to new research. “I hear...

A controversial theory about chronic wasting disease has gained new attention after a Pennsylvania hunting organization suggested a cure for the fatal disease may be imminent, but wildlife managers and...

In response to growing concerns by wildlife professionals regarding the negative biological impacts that the spread of diseases such as chronic wasting disease can have on native species like white-tailed...

A compound in soil could play an important role in combating chronic wasting disease by degrading the prions that cause the lethal disease in cervids, researchers found. CWD has infected...

State and federal officials have paid Wisconsin deer farmers more than $330,000 so far this year in compensation for eliminating herds believed to be infected with chronic wasting disease. CWD was...