Ohio hunters have discovered 24 white-tailed deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), also known as 'zombie disease', across five counties. T ...

CWD prions, a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally, don't infect human brain tissue, according to Science News. The most common prion disease in people ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LDWFC) is set to consider a motion to declare an emergency and ...

The Zombie Deer Disease gets its eerie nickname from the way it affects infected animals, causing them to exhibit zombie-like behaviour, including staggering, listlessness, drooling and extreme weight ...

CWD is a neurodegenerative disease of white-tailed deer and other members of the Cervidae family. It is caused by a prion, an infectious, misfolded protein particle, and is 100% fatal in affected ...

An always-fatal disease that wildlife biologists expect will diminish northwest Wyoming’s elk population for decades has spread for the first time into the state-run feedgrounds in Jackson Hole.

Washington’s top wildlife official has signed off on a broad suite of rules to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease, ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved new rules to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting ...