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Deer have long been framed as creatures of scent and sound, but new research suggests their forests are streaked with light that human eyes never see. Fresh urine, rubbed bark and scraped earth appear ...

The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) uses the surprising language of UV light to communicate during breeding season. A new study found that male deer will rub their antlers or urinate on ...

During mating season, when male white-tailed deer want to get noticed by the opposite sex and warn off rivals, they rub their antlers against trees and scrape the forest floor. Then they pee on these ...