A woman who was facing a year in federal prison for what local environmentalists said was the mercy killing of a suffering endangered Key deer in November instead was sentenced to a year of probation ...

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 ...

A 77-year-old Florida Keys woman is accused of the shooting death of an endangered Key deer and could face a year in federal prison if she’s convicted. Wendy Kilheffer of Big Pine Key shot the animal ...

It turns out the Florida Keys man who let endangered Key deer inside his home to watch TV and eat human food was squatting, and weapons were found inside the home while he was there that add felony ...

On the Florida Keys, there's a species of deer that, even when they're at their biggest, they're only about the size of a golden retriever. They are, as my NPR colleague Nathan Rott describes them ...

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 ...

A wounded key deer walks through the woods of Big Pine Key on Nov. 9, 2022, with a rope entangled to its antlers. The animal was shot to death on Nov. 16, 2022. Save Our Key Deer A woman who was ...

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 ...