While the weather is still mild enough to work outside, think about the hard times ahead — for animals. In winter, when the supply of fresh grass and leaves is gone, animals turn to bark, twigs and ...

It takes a lot of time, effort, and money into making your backyard beautiful, so it's understandably devastating when deer eat your plants, flowers, and trees. While deer may nibble on anything in ...

“I just moved to Highland Park from the city and was quite surprised when my neighbors told me about the occasional group of deer that comes through the neighborhood feeding on plants. I am especially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pretty garden with lots of flowers to attract pollinators - Martin Wahlborg/Getty Images Are you looking for a plant that has ...

Nearly a third of the Earth is covered in trees, many of them conifers. Throughout the forested regions of our planet, ruminants such as deer, elk, and moose have adapted to eating and browsing a wide ...

Deer-proofing the garden or landscape can seem like an impossible task. But things like fishing line, netting or mesh wraps around plants or chicken wire on the ground can help. (Submitted photo / ...

In recent years, swelling deer populations in some areas means deer are becoming less discriminating about what they eat, as well as bolder in their consumption of garden plants. So even if your ...

A garden full of ripening tomatoes, beans, peppers, and melons can look like a five-star restaurant to a hungry deer. The ...

Most of us who garden have a love-hate relationship with deer, affectionately referred to as the “hooved marauders” or some other term I can’t write here. Try as we might to keep them out of our ...

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Deer are ready to start pruning our trees and shrubs. Although unconcerned with promoting plant health or aesthetics, in at least one situation deer can actually help us prune well. Picture an ...

To the editor: I personally consider myself invested in animal welfare. I’m also very concerned about the environment and ecosystem health. Why should these be mutually exclusive? (“Planned deer ...