White-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels. John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Given their abundance in American backyards, ...

(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 ...

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

White-tailed deer were officially named the state mammal of Arkansas only a few decades ago. The reasons they were chosen are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels. John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...