They're doing all the same things, they're just smaller." Big Pine Key makes for a hospitable deer habitat in part because the refuge is a veritable buffet for them: More than 150 different ...

Mangroves are growing in their place in an ever-changing environment, choking deer habitat even more. Key deer on Big Pine ...

As the United States continues to feel the effects of global warming and rising sea levels, there is renewed concern for the Key deer, a species native to the Florida Keys who could be pushed to ...

Most of Big Pine Key — the biggest stronghold of the Florida Key deer — will be under water in decades because of sea-level rise caused by climate change, and the deer’s habitat is increasingly ...