A 77-year-old Florida Keys woman is accused of the shooting death of an endangered Key deer and could face a year in federal prison if she’s convicted. Wendy Kilheffer of Big Pine Key shot the animal ...

The Key deer is the smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer and lives only in the Lower Florida Keys, with a population of roughly 600 animals. Once reduced to just a few dozen individuals, the ...

It turns out the Florida Keys man who let endangered Key deer inside his home to watch TV and eat human food was squatting, and weapons were found inside the home while he was there that add felony ...

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — A convicted felon accused of luring Key deer into a home, feeding them and even watching Fox News with one of them, now has bigger problems on his hands, according to jail records ...

In the Florida Keys, emotions are running hot over a recent federal agency’s conclusion that Key deer no longer need the official label as endangered or threatened. A Keys nonprofit dedicated to ...

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — A convicted felon from Big Pine Key is facing criminal charges after authorities said he lured multiple endangered Key deer into his home by feeding them — and posted photos and ...

Some people keep dogs in their backyards. In the Florida Keys, some residents have deer the size of a golden retriever in their yards. As sea levels rise and salt water climbs higher on the islands, ...

As the United States continues to feel the effects of global warming and rising sea levels, there is renewed concern for the Key deer, a species native to the Florida Keys who could be pushed to ...

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — A Florida Keys man was arrested Wednesday after he opened his home to a group of federally protected Key deer, letting them roam inside, where he fed them and watched Fox News ...