Pennsylvania's state animal is the white-tailed deer.Native Americans and settlers relied on them for food and clothing.Today, they continue to flourish in forests across the Commonwealth.Related ...

White-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels. John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Given their abundance in American backyards, ...

“What’s the most important wild animal of North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma?” This question might stimulate a lively discussion and result in several species proposed as likely candidates. I often ...

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 ...

This near-disappearance of deer was much discussed at the time. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau had written that no deer had been hunted near Concord, Massachusetts, for a generation. In his famous ...

Deer migrate unobtrusively across North America, spilling through forests, fields, and even the suburban back yard. They are a quiet reminder of the wild world’s loveliness that still exists, ...

As I was driving along a primitive road through the thick brush along the Snake River, I saw the wiggle of a white-tailed deer through the brush. I stopped and made a slow stalk through the weeds and ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – While looking for Santa and his reindeer, it’s important to know the difference between a reindeer and a white-tailed deer. These two animals are somewhat confusing to the eye ...

Alright, whitetail hunters, you’re up. As you head into the woods this season for white-tailed deer hunting, keep some of this information in your back pocket. Like whitetails themselves, whitetail ...

(The Conversation) – 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 ...