When it comes to mammals, deer are one of the most diverse species around. They are found in some of the coldest environments ...

Pleasant weather and summer holidays make it a good time to check out Debbie Bulger and Richard Stover’s book ‘Secret Walks ...

Here are some of the commonest clues to find, and when and where you might spot them… Soft mud, fresh snow and damp sand all ...

But how did they evolve to hear better than humans? Well, let’s start with a little lesson in comparative anatomy. Humans can ...

Deer tracks. via Openverse Deer tracks are among the most commonly encountered prints on North American trails. These distinctive heart-shaped hoofprints, typically 2-3 inches long, feature two-toed ...

FMD affects cloven-hoofed animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and deer. FMD is one of the most contagious diseases known – it’s at least as contagious as the Omicron variant of COVID ...

Wool, fur, moccasins & bison meat: turning Montana's natural gifts into sustainable goods.

With the World Health Organization for Animal Health confirming outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Germany on Jan. 10 and Hungary on March 6, 2025, it’s important for producers to be aware ...

We all know that FMD is an extremely contagious viral disease affecting all cloven hoof animals, which includes wildlife species such as elk or deer as well as all farm production animals.

Susceptible animals include cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs, antelope, deer, and bison. Foot-and-mouth disease causes fever and mouth blisters in cloven-hoofed ruminants such as cattle ...

A follow-up study found that this was the largest prey-python size ratio ever recorded for the Burmese python. And in July 2022, they found hoof cores and hair from an already-consumed deer in the ...