Americans have transmitted COVID-19 to wild deer hundreds of times, an analysis of thousands of samples collected from the animals suggests, and people have also caught and spread mutated variants ...

The number of deer-related car accidents sees a sharp uptick in November. Here's how to avoid hitting deer with your car, and what to do if it happens.

The average U.S. driver’s odds of hitting an animal is 1 in 127 in 2023 but at this time of year, in some states, those odds increase dramatically.

A white-tailed deer in Canada likely infected a human with coronavirus, according to new research. The case, reported in a preprint journal, would be the first known instance of a COVID-19 ...

Deer hunters play an important role in the study. Their hunting in designated areas of the forest, while staying out of others, helps researchers see how the landscape responds.

Two white-tailed deer forage in Pennsylvania's Wyomissing Parklands. At the end of 2021, researchers swabbed the noses of 93 dead deer from across the state.

Hunters claimed about 13,000 more deer in 2024 — 287,681 — compared to the previous year when the harvest was 274,299. The number of hunters also increased, according to state figures.