(The Conversation) – Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago ...

The white-tailed deer became Mississippi’s official state land mammal in 1974, but its connection to the state reaches far ...

Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago. While they ...

Naturalist, John Bates, explains how white-tailed deer survive extremely cold temperatures. “The winter we’ve been having so far is ‘normal,’” said Bates. “We’re actually getting cold weather, which ...

Editor’s Note: This article was written by Elic Weitzel, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution. (The Conversation) – Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and ...

This near-disappearance of deer was much discussed at the time. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau had written that no deer had been hunted near Concord, Massachusetts, for a generation. In his famous ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This near-disappearance of deer was much ...