A rare albino deer was spotted wandering through a Michigan suburb, with video of the sighting posted on social media on June 18. Ramez Khuri encountered the entirely white deer on 12 Mile between ...

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 story of white-tailed deer underscores an important fact: Humans are not inherently damaging to the environment.

Precolonial rise of deer populations White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, over 15,000 years ago.

White-tailed deer were nearly extinct in the early 20th century, but thanks to conservation efforts, they have rebounded to the current population of 30-35 million.