Unlike fallow deer, which destroy plants by eating down to the roots, black-tailed deer tend to leave many plants alone or not eat the entire plant.

The research team, based in the Molecular Ecology & Evolution at Bangor laboratory, used a new technology—DNA metabarcoding—to sequence the plant DNA present in around 350 fallow deer poo samples.

Fallow deer kill essential to survival of Sidney Island: First Nations. Parks Canada tour shows how the understory has been nibbled down compared with lush neighbouring Portland Island.

Fallow deer at Point Reyes National Seashore, purchased from the San Francisco Zoo in the 1940s and released by a local landowner prior to the establishment of the park, have been eradicated.

We expected deer to eat plenty of grass all year round and more broadleaf plants in winter and early spring. But the DNA results surprised us. Fallow deer consumed significant amounts of bramble ...

Fallow deer kill essential to survival of Sidney Island: First Nations. Parks Canada tour shows how the understory has been nibbled down compared with lush neighbouring Portland Island. Darron Kloster ...

Increasingly common even in urban gardens, deer can cause a lot of damage to plants. Find out how you can deter deer from entering your garden, including fencing, tree protection and more resistant ...

Mass roundup, killing of fallow deer to go ahead on Sidney Island. Parks Canada to proceed with multi-million-dollar cull after property owners on Sidney Island narrowly approved it ...

The sole survivor of a once large herd of fallow deer lives out her days, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in a pen at Mount Madonna County Park near Watsonville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) ...

Fallow deer on Sidney Island in 2008. There are no official counts of the number of fallow deer hunting groups on Sidney Island say there are about 150, while Parks Canada has estimated 300 to 900.

Parks Canada is going ahead with a mass roundup and kill of European ­fallow deer on Sidney Island after property owners on the island narrowly approved it. Starting in the late fall, a contracted ...

The sole survivor of a once large herd of fallow deer lives out her days, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in a pen at Mount Madonna County Park near Watsonville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) ...