Roughly 30 million white-tailed deer live in the U.S. “The risk of animals spreading SARS-CoV-2 to people is considered low,” the USDA told National Geographic in a statement. Still ...

Exactly how deer may have acquired coronavirus remains unknown too. As National Geographic reported in August 2021, deer may be in contact with people for research, conservation efforts ...

In 2015, on Japan’s forested island of Yakushima, a male macaque jumped up onto the back of a female sika deer and started trying to mate with it. At the time, researchers believed that the male ...

Moose are the world’s largest deer species, with males capable of standing more than six feet at the shoulder and weighing up to 1,800 pounds, with antlers tipping the scales at 80 pounds.

In March and April in the United States, road traffic decreased by as much as 73 percent, and fatal collisions with wild animals such as deer ... (Read more of National Geographic’s coronavirus ...

(Read a National Geographic cover story on insect declines ... evidence—data suggesting that a significant number of wild deer in the upper Midwest have neonics in their spleens.

“Natural Selection” premieres May 6 at 9/8c on National Geographic Sam and Matt hunt for deer while Terry helps out on Troy’s property. “Another Day in Paradise” premieres May 13 at 9/8c ...