A mysterious disease is spreading among deer populations in the U.S., and scientists are calling it ‘Zombie Deer’ Disease.

Chronic wasting disease slowly turns the brains of infected deer (and other cervids) into spongy, deteriorating masses, triggering bizarre behavior and, inevitably, a fatal outcome.

According to North Dakota Game and Fish, 17 more deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, also known as CWD. 15 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — Three more deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Louisiana, one of them in St. Landry Parish, officials said. In addition to the recent detections ...

When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first discovered in Pennsylvania deerhalf a state away, locally the reaction was one of superficial concern. Wishful thinking was that the always-fatal ...

Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a deer in Carbon County for the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission ...

And it has spread all across southern and central Alberta. Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's deer populations, showing up in a small percentage of animals in a ...

The AGFC confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and one in Baxter County tested positive for chronic wasting disease ...

The cull will be focused on Cranbrook and Kimberley, where a total of five cases of the disease have been found.

When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first ... was that the always-fatal neurological disease caused by a misfoldedprotein called prions in deer and elk would somehow contain itself.