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New deer hunting rules not expected to bring numbers down

Farmers say new rules for feral deer hunting in Tasmania are a 'missed opportunity' Tue 2 Jun 2026 at 1:58pm In short: The Tasmanian government is making changes to the rules around deer hunting, which it says will reduce the number of wild fallow deer. It comes as deer numbers continue to soar, and farmers report "huge losses" as a result. There are concerns the changes don't go far enough, and won't result in any meaningful change.

Mule deer already using incomplete $20m wildlife bridge in California

Within the last few days, a camera trap caught images of three mule deer using structure for the first timeA trio of mule deer have already scuttled across a not-quite-finished $20m wildlife bridge in Siskiyou county, marking a triumph for the California department of transportation (Caltrans).The bridge and accompanying fencing over Route 97 in Siskiyou county is the first wildlife crossing constructed over a major highway in California. The project promises to both improve driver safety...

Mule deer already using incomplete $20m wildlife bridge in California

Within the last few days, a camera trap caught images of three mule deer using structure for the first timeA trio of mule deer have already scuttled across a not-quite-finished $20m wildlife bridge in Siskiyou county, marking a triumph for the California department of transportation (Caltrans).The bridge and accompanying fencing over Route 97 in Siskiyou county is the first wildlife crossing constructed over a major highway in California. The project promises to both improve driver safety...

120,000-year-old European fallow deer—tracing the loss of genetic diversity

European fallow deer have faced a dramatic loss of genetic diversity since the last interglacial period. This was revealed by 120,000-year-old fossils from central Germany's Neumark-Nord site in Saxony-Anhalt, analyzed by researchers from the University of Potsdam, the MONREPOS Research Center and Museum in Neuwied, and Leiden University. Their results have been published in the journal iScience.

DEER: Disentangled Mixture of Experts with Instance-Adaptive Routing for Generalizable Machine-Generated Text Detection

arXiv:2511.01192v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Detecting machine-generated text has become a critical challenge amid the rapid advancement of LLMs, yet existing detectors degrade severely under domain shift. Through systematic pilot studies, we trace this vulnerability to two fundamental flaws in current generalization strategies, namely the incomplete preservation of domain-specific knowledge during multi-domain training and the misalignment between knowledge retrieval and the...

A wedding invitation makes me feel like a deer in the headlights: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon

Parasitic fly 'sacrifices sight' after finding host, study shows

Parasitic fly 'sacrifices sight' after finding host, study shows Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Deer keds—biting flies found across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas—use their eyes and flight to locate a host, typically deer, but occasionally humans or other mammals. Once they land, however, they shed their wings permanently and spend the rest of their lives crawling through fur and feeding on blood. A sensory trade off Researchers at Aberystwyth University...

This blood-feeding fly sacrifices its sight after finding a host

This blood-feeding fly sacrifices its sight after finding a host - Date: - June 2, 2026 - Source: - Aberystwyth - Summary: - Deer keds rely on flight and vision to find a host, but everything changes once they land. After shedding their wings forever, these parasites reduce the activity of key vision-related genes by about half. Scientists believe they are effectively trading sharp eyesight for extra energy that can be used for feeding and reproduction.

Arizona school board member gets backlash after mocking board president with Nazi salute

An Arizona school board member is facing calls to resign after appearing to make a Nazi salute during a contentious public meeting before later comparing the board president to a dictator and saying, "All I could think of tonight was Hitler. "Video from a May 26 Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board meeting appears to show board member Kimberly Fisher raising her right arm and saying, "Heil, heil" during a dispute with board President Paul Carver Jr. The exchange occurred near...

Arizona school board member gets backlash after mocking board president with Nazi salute

An Arizona school board member is facing calls to resign after appearing to make a Nazi salute during a contentious public meeting before later comparing the board president to a dictator and saying, "All I could think of tonight was Hitler. "Video from a May 26 Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board meeting appears to show board member Kimberly Fisher raising her right arm and saying, "Heil, heil" during a dispute with board President Paul Carver Jr. The exchange occurred near...