Macy Ledbetter knows mature, heavy-antlered white-tailed deer have some peculiar attraction to water beyond the obvious. He doesn't know what it is, exactly -- although he has some theories ...

CWD is a contagious, fatal, neurological illness that can impact not only white-tailed deer, ... It may also spread through the environment, the CDC notes, like soil, drinking water or food.

When Mary Kairewich was growing up in Stockton No. 8, no one thought twice about water. In fact, it wasn't until the DEP intervened in 2014 that anyone in the old coal mining villages paid much ...