Big Pine Key makes for a hospitable deer habitat in part because the refuge is a veritable buffet for them: More than 150 different species of plants have been found in the stomachs of Key deer here.

Orcas evolved from a small deer-like species that roamed the earth more than 50 million years ago. They are among the most formidable animals in the ocean — pack-hunting creatures that feed on ...

Deer mice construct spherical or cup-shaped nests of shredded plant fibers, fur, and feathers under logs, stumps, rocks in the abandoned dens of other mammals, but prefers natural cavities of tress.

Some species are ranched (i.e., raised in a captive environment) to be used as hunting targets or for trade. In the US, white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, bison, pronghorn and other ungulates are ...