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.

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.

In addition to fighting, the big bucks will also rub their antlers ... often breaking off the branches. In both deer and elk species, the males will mark themselves with mud or urine during ...

Highway deer deaths On Big Pine Key, mom and pop bars and restaurants ... In rare instances, scientists have been allowed to relocate endangered species threatened by climate change as a last ...