Rather than being genetic or acquired, Johnston's CJD developed when normal prions in her brain spontaneously began ...

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest diseases known to man, the DNR said, and it is caused by the bacteria ...

In the lineup of wildlife diseases across the country, few are more studied and yet still more mysterious than chronic wasting disease. The prion disease, first identified in a Colorado research ...

Two white-tailed deer at a Texas breeding facility linked to a recently uncovered deer-smuggling operation have tested ...

A startling increase in the prevalence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in southeastern Minnesota’s deer population has triggered a new management response from the Department of Natural Resources ...

Wildlife officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) on Thursday said a hunter-harvested white-tailed ...

In a rare bit of good news about chronic wasting disease, a new paper shows that harvesting more deer — specifically adult bucks — is better for slowing the spread of the contagious neurological ...

Thirteen new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease, known popularly as “zombie deer disease,” have been confirmed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission from deer samples submitted since July ...

Many hunters and wildlife experts have found the latest headlines around the "zombie" deer disease bizarre, as they say chronic wasting disease has been around for years – and they wouldn't describe ...

As deer hunting seasons across the nation ramp up, wildlife officials are issuing new warnings and confirmations of chronic wasting disease, the brain-wasting animal disease informally called "zombie" ...