The widow and son of late Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer were found shot to death on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide. Barbara Deer, 51, and son Kaleb Deer, 23, were ...

A state‑ordered deer cull is set to begin Monday in one of New Jersey’s most unlikely places: Liberty State Park in Jersey City. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a ...

On a hot afternoon in late August, a member of a specialized strike team, carrying a custom dart gun, drove to Fresh Kills, a piece of land on Staten Island that had once been a quiet estuary of ...

Government plans legislation giving landowners and tenants rights to cull deer to protect crops and property It will be much easier to shoot deer in England under government plans that aim to curb the ...

Culling deer in England will be made easier under a long-awaited government 10-year plan to deal with a population explosion that threatens woodlands, newly planted trees and farmland. There are ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On Friday, the California Fish and Wildlife Department approved a permit that allows all of Catalina Island’s mule ...

Ben Martill often gazes out of his window to watch the deer roaming below. "In the past few years there have been loads of them," he says. Yet Ben doesn't live in rural woodland but in a block of ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old remains from the Neolithic period has revealed the surprisingly early technical mastery of early Iberian societies in archery. Archaeologists, led by the ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Chronic wasting disease might just be the most terrifying ...

(NEXSTAR) — Deer hunting season is upon us across the Midwest, prompting a reminder from wildlife officials: Be on the lookout for chronic wasting disease, or CWD. CWD is a contagious, fatal, ...