To survive, many animals have evolved with built-in weapons, including horns, quills, shells, claws, and tusks, to name a few. Members of the Cervidae family — including the white-tail deer, mule deer ...

We usually call deer any member of the Cervidae family, of which there are more than 43 species. Reindeer are one of the species of deer, which in turn has 10 subspecies of its own.

Elk and mule deer are two of the larger members of the deer family. While they have many similarities, identifying one from the other isn’t all that hard. Both are important in the ecological ...

Deer have an excellent sense of smell, which they use to locate food.

Not as large as other members of the Cervidae family, such as elk and moose, nevertheless, whitetail bucks grow to impressive sizes. Typically, when determining what garners a trophy record f ...

Though it is not often witnessed by people, antler shedding, or casting, is a normal annual process for male moose, deer, elk, and other members of the Cervidae family, commonly called cervids.

CWD is a neurodegenerative disease of white-tailed deer and other members of the family Cervidae. It is caused by an infectious, misfolded protein particle, and is 100% fatal in affected deer.

The Key deer was one of the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act. Like 99% of the other species that have gotten protection from the landmark law, the Key deer has avoided ...