Legislation that provides landowners and farmers with flexibility for controlling nuisance deer that cause crop damage on ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added Ramsey County to its deer feeding and attractant ban as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease ...

State wildlife officials are upping local harvest quotas for whitetail deer to combat a recent outbreak of chronic wasting ...

Maryland DNR has detected chronic wasting disease in a Howard Co. deer for the 1st time. A DNR expert spoke with Patch about ...

Three of 62 white-tailed deer sampled during 2024 that tested positive for chronic wasting disease were found in Montgomery ...

CWD can infect more parts of an animal’s body than other prion diseases like mad cow, which could make it more likely to spread to people who eat venison — if it can jump to humans.

That disease is chronic wasting disease. It’s also often referred to as “zombie deer disease.” The condition is found in a class of animals called cervids, including elk, moose and deer.

Chronic wasting disease has not been documented to cause illness in humans or livestock. However, the CDC and Wisconsin Department of Health Services recommend meat from CWD-positive animals not ...

These sea stars seem to be more resilient to a deadly wasting disease than their counterparts in warmer waters. Bennett Whitnell/Hakai Institute By Siddhant Pusdekar May 1, 2025 at 1:00 pm ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a lethal and contagious neurological disorder, is spreading rapidly among wildlife across 36 US states and several other countries. Experts are emphasizing the grave ...