Connecticut deer ticks are testing positive for Lyme disease at rates above 40% early in the season, a higher-than-usual rate ...
Bovine tuberculosis, a rare bacterial disease affecting cattle and deer, has been detected in two new Michigan dairy herds.
Wildlife officials are using research to curb the spread of mule deer departing a catastrophically infected herd by adjusting ...
Another case of chronic wasting disease, an always-fatal disease that infects deer, has been detected in Louisiana outside of the state’s existing disease prevention areas. An adult doe caught in ...
Another case of fatal chronic wasting disease, a fatal infection that affects animals in the deer family, has been detected ...
In February, a harvested deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Cimmaron County. This became the fourth deer in ...
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says nine deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) during the 2025-2026 season, keeping the disease localized in ...

Deer prudence

MassWildlife, in its report, says there is an overabundance of deer, particularly in Eastern Massachusetts and the islands, ...
After Wednesday, we know spring is on the way with more than enough April showers. But the first signs of spring also mark ...
Pennsylvania hunters harvested about 6% more deer in the 2025-26 hunting seasons than they did the year before, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates. The statewide 2025-26 deer harvest ...
Chronic wasting disease is slowly spreading through Louisiana deer populations. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries) Another case of chronic wasting disease, an always-fatal disease that ...
More than an estimated 505,600 deer were harvested statewide during the 2025-26 season — which is a 6% increase from 2024-25.