More than half of states have identified cases of chronic wasting disease, sometimes called "zombie deer disease," a fatal neurologic disease among animals. Kentucky became the latest state to confirm ...

Chronic wasting disease is sometimes referred to as "zombie deer disease," or affected deer can be called "zombie deer" due to the neurological signs of the disease, which include weight loss, lack of ...

HE’S FACING MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES. NOW TO A CONCERNING ISSUE THREATENING THE STATE’S DEER POPULATION FOR THE FIRST TIME, WILDLIFE OFFICIALS HAVE DETECTED A DEADLY DISEASE IN OUR DEER. IT IS CALLED ...

You’ve been warned, Washingtonians: Feeding deer, elk, moose, and other cervids is no longer permitted in the state. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), a law took ...

It can be fun to escape in survivalist entertainment, such as television shows like The Last of Us or The Walking Dead. But when real-life news stories start talking about zombie deers, and the ...

Florida wildlife officials have confirmed the state's second case of a deadly and highly contagious infection known as ...

When researchers in April published a paper raising the possibility that two Texas hunters had died from eating deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease, Krysten Schuler braced herself for the ...

Two hunters who ate meat from a population of deer known to have chronic wasting disease − or "zombie deer disease" − developed similar neurological conditions and died, raising concerns that it can ...

The discovery of Yellowstone National Park’s first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) last month has raised concerns that the fatal brain disease may someday spread to humans, according to some ...

Chronic wasting disease, which slowly destroys the brains of deer and elk, is hard to detect, impossible to treat, and spreading across North America. Researchers are mounting new efforts to ...