Department of Fish & Wildlife officials say the deer population is robust and hunters are primed for success as they head to the woods for the start of the annual deer rifle season. “There are a good ...

Deer migrate unobtrusively across North America, spilling through forests, fields, and even the suburban back yard. They are a quiet reminder of the wild world’s loveliness that still exists, ...

(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 ...

White-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels. John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Given their abundance in American backyards, ...

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 ...

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 ...