Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that ...

The average weight of a female is about 155 lb (maximum, 218 lb). The range is from southern Canada to Panama except for parts of the western and southwestern U.S. The white-tailed deer was uncommon ...

More infected tick. (Credit: California Department of Public Health) Curiously, although deer, such as white-tailed deer, can become infected with B. burgdorferi, they are considered to be ...

This fall, the biggest danger on the road is white-tailed deer – as in deer, plural. An annual event, white-tailed deer mating season – otherwise known as the rut – it’s the time of year ...

Scientists analyzed 8,830 samples collected from wild white-tailed deer across 26 states and Washington, D.C., from November 2021 to April 2022, to study the COVID variants that had infected 282 ...

A white-tailed deer in Canada likely infected a human with coronavirus, according to new research. The case, reported in a preprint journal, would be the first known instance of a COVID-19 ...

Triangle Urban Deer Study researchers catch and release white-tailed deer, fitting them with ear tags as well as with collars that send photos and feedback to a satellite every two hours.

People spread the virus that causes Covid-19 to wild white-tailed deer in the United States more than 100 times in late 2021 and early 2022, according to a new study from the US Department of ...

White-tailed deer have thrived as humans have changed the Midwestern landscape, eliminating their natural predators and creating more environments deer love. But having too many deer can cause ...

Researchers in Ames have been infecting captive white-tailed deer with different coronavirus variants to learn how the virus behaves in the animals. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists ...