The white-tailed deer is one of the most abundant deer in the United States. Native to all but a handful of states, it has ...

Choosing a mammal to represent a state can be difficult. Strong reasons for selection may relate to the animal’s majesty, the ...

The deer are a genetic variant of white-tailed deer. — -- Only a few glimpses of rare white deer had been possible in upstate New York, until now. A white deer and her fawn at Seneca Army Depot ...

Piebald deer have a genetic mutation that causes abnormal patches of white hair. They have mostly black eyes, noses, and ...

Quick Take In 2015, the white-tailed deer was designated the official state mammal of Georgia. Deer hunting generates ...

During the breeding season, white-tailed deer might use their eyes and noses to navigate signs—forehead secretions on trees ...

This special creature is a leucistic whitetail deer fawn. Leucism, is a condition that causes faulty melanin production, resulting in the all-white coat. Leucism is different than albinism as this ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This near-disappearance of deer was much ...

The North Carolina Zoo posted to Facebook about seeing another all-white deer on their property. You may remember that in mid-November, the NC Zoo posted about the first all-white deer they saw, a ...

Behold, a pale horse. Well, not quite, but it’s close enough. Seeing an all-white deer is almost as rare as seeing a unicorn. Witnessing them in their full form is so rare that sightings take on an ...

(The Conversation) – Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago ...