The quote “Deer that forget they are afraid of people may behave in strange ways,” by Deer Biologist April Boggs Pope of a ...

Cold weather doesn’t make deer reckless—it makes them efficient. Once temperatures drop, every movement burns calories, and whitetails shift into a survival-first mindset that looks subtle unless you ...

Deer change where and how long they feed when they detect the scent of large predators, reducing damage to young trees.

When deer start showing up in backyards, it’s easy to feel like you should help them, particularly in winter. Even just a bit of food can’t hurt, right? Well, wildlife agencies discourage this ...

The crunch of something stepping on dry leaves catches your ear. The noise stops for a minute, then resumes. You turn your head as slowly as possible so as to be imperceptible in movement. It’s autumn ...

Even though California has the biggest population and some of the biggest cities in the country, 97 percent of its land is rural. And about 24 percent of it is protected as public wilderness.

New research shows that the mere smell of predators is enough to change deer behavior and limit browsing damage to tree saplings. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, offer a ...

In most parts of the country, white-tailed deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running through the woods and open spaces, and making themselves unusually visible.