The story of Rudy, the rescued deer who is about to take the only life New Jersey has ever known.

Rudy the deer

One day in May 2019, the fawn wandered onto Cammy Rowe’s farm in Lawrence. She followed the trail back into the nearby woods and found her mother dead. She called him several times for help while protecting him. “I called every animal shelter I could find and none would take him in,” she wrote in … Read more

Delaware has confirmed its first case of CWD found in a wild white-tailed deer.

A warning graphic with two white-tailed deer in a field and the words

[versión en español] [vèsyon kreyòl ayisyen] Delaware has confirmed its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild white-tailed deer. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced the positive test results today after the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory (USDA NVSL) confirmed positive results from hunter-harvested deer taken as … Read more

Vampire bats have invaded the United States, and scientists fear they could spread deadly zombie deer disease to humans.

Vampire bats have invaded the United States, and scientists fear they could spread deadly zombie deer disease to humans.

Deer showing signs of CWD. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In 2022, Peter Larsen wakes up in the Guyana rainforest with a strange sensation in his leg. A University of Minnesota researcher sleeping in an outdoor house turned on his headlamp and found a vampire bat (the very animal he traveled to South America to study) sucking … Read more

Wyoming mule deer hunters resist restrictions on antler shedding, biologists say it’s no longer necessary.

Wyoming mule deer hunters resist restrictions on antler shedding, biologists say it's no longer necessary.

Thank you to all our community partners Written by Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile The majority of hunters who wrote comments resisted a plan to extend hunting seasons and lift antler requirements for two major mule deer herds in northwestern Wyoming. But the regulations they’re trying to maintain won’t accomplish their main goal of accelerating herd recovery, … Read more