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The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer

  • Written by Elic Weitzel, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
imageWhite-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels.John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago. While they...

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