A deer has to avoid a lot of threats to its life to get old in the wild like this buck has. Patricia Neal / Maryland Department of Natural Resources The oldest wild whitetail ever documented lived to ...

Deer are abundant in almost every U.S. state, inhabiting forests, grasslands, prairies, and coastal areas. There are several species of deer throughout the country, although white-tailed deer are the ...

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As you can see, the areas overlap. John Hafner Knowing where to shoot a deer for a quick kill is the responsibility of every deer hunter. Most of us were taught that the best place to shoot a deer is ...

The province of B.C. has announced plans to cull urban deer living in the Kootenay area, near the B.C.-Alberta border, in an attempt to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD).

And it has spread all across southern and central Alberta. Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's deer populations, showing up in a small percentage of animals in a ...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- A wildlife rescue group sprung into action helping save a deer that fell into an icy river in Suffolk County. Video showed the Strong Island Animal Rescue ...

The jaguar is the third-largest big cat by weight in the world after the tiger and the lion. It is the only living member of the Panthera genus native to the Americas. Are There Different Types of ...