When the forest gets dark, it’s almost impossible for us humans to find our way (without flashlights). But for white-tailed ...

Hunters have been trying to understand how the moon affects animal behavior since cavemen etched pictographs on cave walls. Today, biologists acknowledge a link between the full moon and estrus cycles ...

A recently completed cooperative study between the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Auburn University, and Brosnan Forest will help researchers and hunters better understand buck movements ...

Scientists discover that deer markings may glow at dawn and dusk, adding light to scent based communication during mating ...

POWELL — A six-year study of more than 600 deer in Wisconsin may have found ways to improve management of fatal chronic wasting disease by studying hourly and daily group and individual movements and ...

The crunch of something stepping on dry leaves catches your ear. The noise stops for a minute, then resumes. You turn your head as slowly as possible so as to be imperceptible in movement. It’s autumn ...

Catching deer wasn't a problem on this bone-chilling cold January morning; four of the five cage-like "Clover traps" - named after a biologist by the name of M.R. Clover - baited with a mix of alfalfa ...

After the clocks change when daylight saving time ends, commuters may see more deer in their headlights. According to a 2022 study conducted by Current Biology, scientists found that the November time ...

Chronic wasting disease substantially reduces survival rates and suppresses population growth of white-tailed deer. And in areas of Wisconsin where CWD prevalence is 30% or higher in adult female deer ...

Even though California has the biggest population and some of the biggest cities in the country, 97 percent of its land is rural. And about 24 percent of it is protected as public wilderness.