Tag: Deer

Large deer populations can be a nuisance for suburban drivers and gardeners, but new research shows they may also play a role in decreasing songbird populations. “Some birds need low-lying...

Although animal welfare groups have backed sterilizing female deer — an experimental alternative to traditional methods of decreasing overabundant deer populations such as hunting or hiring sharpshooters to cull animals...

Removing groups of deer to manage wildlife diseases may unintentionally create opportunities for diseases to move between groups, according to new research focused on the social response of white-tailed deer...

Progressive ideas are not always popular. Innovation can challenge existing institutions and is often met with scrutiny before being accepted by the masses. Dr. Dale McCullough believes he faced this...

On Oct. 13, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Columbian white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus leucurus), a rare subspecies found in the Pacific Northwest, has been downlisted from...

The spread of chronic wasting disease — a deadly neurological disease in deer and other cervids — into more counties in Michigan has caused the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to...

Researchers have known for quite a while that migrating ungulates spend their winters lower where it’s warmer and their summers higher up on mountain tops where it’s cooler. They also...

In California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, construction teams are carving two new wildlife underpasses beneath Highway 89. The concrete structures, nearly identical in size and shape, will do more than provide...

A reindeer in Norway has been diagnosed with chronic wasting disease, a deadly disease that targets cervids, earlier this month. This is the first time the disease, which was first...

In rural areas, fencing can cause a number of problems for wildlife such as deer and pronghorns. In the process of trying to access feeding areas, calving areas or migration...