White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, over 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time, though.

New York State white-tailed deer in 2020-21 had a widespread infection of COVID-19 variants, including Alpha, Delta and Gamma, that humans no longer have, according to a Cornell University study.

The cameras captured more than 141,000 images, and white-tailed deer appeared in 80 per cent of them. The survey makes clear that deer are now, by far, the most prevalent large mammal in the ...

Experimentally infected deer readily transmit the virus to other susceptible white-tailed deer. The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID can evolve a million times faster than human genes or ...

WATCH: Scientists catch white-tailed deer gnawing on human bone – May 8, 2017 Graceful and docile, deer are often thought of as one of the most peaceful creatures of the forest.

Progress has been made in the fight against Lyme disease. Researchers at the New England Center of Excellence for Vector Borne Disease (NEWVEC) at the University of Massachusetts have discovered that ...