Something ain’t right with the wildlife. Back in the early 1980s scientists noted a bizarre condition in a handful of wild ...

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A new case of chronic wasting disease among deer – a condition known as "zombie deer" - has been confirmed in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported ...

A provincial biologist says he's optimistic that the so-called "zombie deer" disease can be contained ... "It's not a bacteria, it's not a virus," he said, but essentially a "malforming protein ...