(WSVN) - Two sheriff’s deputies saved a Key Deer entangled in a mesh hammock. Larry Tinkler of Gary’s Plumbing and Fire called the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office at around 4 p.m. when he found the ...

Big Pine Key could as easily be called Little Deer Key. After all, the roughly 10-square-mile island, 30 miles east of Key West in Florida is known for being home to North America's smallest deer ...

A herd of endangered Key deer took a swim in a Florida Keys canal in what onlookers described as a "rare occurrence." Video footage shows a group of about five deer gracefully jumping into the water ...

A Key Deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that have thrived in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, walks in a residential neighborhood, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Big ...

The endangered deer species on the Florida Keys is being threatened by rising seas, and that is raising uncomfortable questions for wildlife managers. The deer are the size of a golden retriever. On ...

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — The world's only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are found in piney and marshy wetlands bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico on the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. After going nearly extinct in the middle of the 20th century due to hunting, experts say the diminutive Florida Key deer now face ...