The Southern California mountain lions are up for permanent protection from a state environmental agency. Will this help them from dying of disease, car strikes?

Once written off as extinct, the silver-backed chevrotain forces scientists to confront how much of biodiversity still lives ...

Where should you put your bird feeder? Location, location, location -- it's not just a term for real estate agents. Where and ...

The animal kingdom is full of incredible creatures. Many of these animals have common nicknames. Think about a baby goat. It's called a kid. A female rabbit is known as a 'doe'. Sometimes, animal ...

Once thought extinct in Singapore, a little-known species of miniature deer has reemerged in unprecedented numbers on a small island reserve in the Johor Strait. Researchers documented the greater ...

Researchers were delighted to spot an elusive deer species in India's forests, which demonstrated a positive sign of the region's environmental health. The Wildlife Research Division of the Vivek PARC ...

It’s that time of year again, when bear activity winds down in town, but the winter is far from over for most of the valley’s wildlife. While bears have mostly headed into their dens, Wildlife ...

Unlike cats, most members of the dog family – canids – are not what scientists call obligate carnivores. They don’t have to eat meat, in other words. The South American maned wolf, for example, has a ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A deer mouse collected in routine monitoring Oct. 22 at the Los Vaqueros Group Horse Campground in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for the potentially deadly ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A deer mouse from Cuyamaca Rancho State Park tested positive for hantavirus. The rodent was collected during routing monitoring on Oct. 22 at the Los Vaqueros Group Horse ...

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