A Key Deer walks in a residential neighborhood on October 15, 2024, in Big Pine Key, Florida. The Key deer population is at risk from rising sea levels that cause their resources to shrink, experts ...

By 2050, sea rise is expected to overtake about 84% of the 1,988 remaining acres (805 hectares) of the preferred habitat on Big Pine Key — and “the deer will already be gone,” Silvy said.

The animal is the smallest deer species in North America — adults stand at just 30 inches tall. ... The Key deer "won't have habitat and will become extinct," Chris Bergh, ...

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. -- The world's only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are found in piney and marshy wetlands bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico on the ...

A Key Deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that have thrived in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, walks in a residential neighborhood, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in ...

The animal is the smallest deer species in North America — adults stand at just 30 inches tall. Key deer have been dwindling in numbers throughout the 2010s.

Key deer are far smaller than their North American counterparts, with the biggest bucks standing less than 3 feet (1 meter) tall at the shoulder and weighing around 75 pounds (34 kilograms).

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 ...

Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that live only in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, have always faced risks — mostly from being hit by cars speeding ...

Highway deer deaths. On Big Pine Key, mom and pop bars and restaurants dot either side of bustling U.S. 1, along with gas stations and small motels.