Jaime Kulaga, who filmed the video, told USA TODAY she and her family were going down a canal in Big Pine Key when they turned and saw the group.

Endangered Key seemed to feel the heat as they leaped into a canal in Big Pine Key, Florida, for a surprise swim.

A Key Deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that have thrived in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, crosses the road Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Big Pine Key, Fla ...

Key deer are a federally endangered species, and feeding them or handling them in any way is illegal. A photograph posted by a Florida Keys man on his Facebook page on Nov. 27, 2023, shows a key deer ...

It turns out the Florida Keys man who let endangered Key deer inside his home to watch TV and eat human food was squatting, and weapons were found inside the home while he was there that add felony ...

The deer, which grows to about 30 inches (76 cm) at the shoulder, have become a tourist attraction. Its numbers are estimated at about 600, up from as low as a couple dozen in the 1950s.

Florida’s iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise By: Freida Frisaro, Lynne Sladky And Daniel Kozin, The Associated Press Posted: 8:37 AM CST Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 Last Modified ...

To protect the deer from being hit by vehicles, signs tell motorists they're entering deer habitat. A 2-mile (3.2-kilometer) stretch of U.S. 1 is elevated and fenced, allowing deer to cross under the ...

After going nearly extinct in the middle of the 20th century due to hunting, experts say the diminutive Florida Key deer now face an even more existential threat: sea level rise. AP video by ...