Illinois wildlife officials have ended a long-standing deer culling program to contain chronic wasting disease, a fatal prion illness affecting deer and related species. The disease has spread to more ...

CWD is caused by prions, which attack the brain. Infected animals gradually lose motor control, resulting in stumbling, ...

Louisiana lawmakers moved to lift 'zombie' deer feeding bans, backed by Ted Nugent, despite wildlife officials' concerns.

Researchers are finding an increasing number of emaciated lake trout swimming in the depths of Lake Superior. They're not ...

In Illinois and other states, officials hoped that culls could halt the progress of chronic wasting disease. Now they are ...

Also called chronic wasting disease (CWD), zombie deer disease includes excessive drooling, progressive weight loss, and a ...

Vampire bats aren’t new. They’ve lived across Latin America for centuries, feeding entirely on blood meals from livestock and ...

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has confirmed its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild white-tailed deer in Sussex County, with a second ...

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has announced Delaware’s first case of Chronic Wasting ...

For a vampire bat, a neurologically impaired deer is an ideal target. These fist-sized mammals survive solely on blood, ...

Chronic wasting disease has been found in deer in multiple Indiana counties, including Franklin, according to the Indiana ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has banned the use of bait to hunt deer in much of northern Louisiana — a ...