In October 2025, a truck transporting 21 rhesus monkeys overturned on Interstate 59 north of Heidelberg, Mississippi. Several of the animals escaped into the surrounding rural area, prompting public ...

The white-tailed deer became Mississippi’s official state land mammal in 1974, but its connection to the state reaches far ...

The National Deer Association's 2025 Deer Report shows a nationwide increase in the harvest of mature bucks. Oklahoma now leads the nation with 85% of its buck harvest being mature, surpassing ...

Mississippi’s rural areas, swamps, and local farmlands are home to a medium-sized wildcat that most residents never see. The bobcat, a native species of North America, prowls this state’s backroads ...