In the mountain west, mule deer typically shed from January into ... Antlers help a buck establishes breeding rights and defend his territory. Once late summer hits, a buck’s testosterone ...

The Catalina Island Conservancy, which manages 88 percent of the unincorporated territory’s land ... s entire population of more than 1,770 mule deer through aerial shooting from helicopters ...

Editor’s note: A version of this post was first published on March 30, 2022. The desert mule deer is a common sight in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, but when wildlife biologists ...

The reality of habituated mule deer in Anaconda dying from starvation conflicts with the more sentimental view that the town’s doe-eyed deer are cute and even a draw for tourists. Wildlife ...

“Regionwide, CWD prevalence in adult mule deer has increased from around 3% of the 2018-19 samples to almost 18% of 2024 samples,” said Scott Hemmer, Havre-area FWP biologist. “Prevalence is ...

Traditionally ungulates were considered even or odd-toed hoofed animals, however, as genetics demonstrated new relationships between species, the number of animals who qualify as ungulates expanded.

The desert mule deer is a common sight in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, but when wildlife biologists conducted surveys recently, they came across an extremely uncommon sight. In fact ...