Selected as the state animal in 1980 by school children, the white-tailed deer is an amazing conservation comeback story in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels. John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton ...

White-capped mountains, wildflower meadows for miles, and lakeside beauty are iconic to New Hampshire. Its landscape is ...

(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 ...

Feeding wild animals might seem compassionate during cold months, but when it comes to deer, local naturalist says it's a ...

(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.

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 ...