Celebrating the National Key Deer Refuge's 60th Anniversary this week. We often get asked how the Key deer get from island to island. Its pretty simple, they either walk or swim. This helps them move about the lower Florida Keys pretty easily, although they prefer to stay on the islands that have natural freshwater wetlands. Although most of the population resides on Big Pine and No Name Keys, they range all the way westward to Upper and Lower Sugarloaf Keys. Video Credit: Mary Lou Dickson | Flo

Key deer diet- We often get questions about what Key Deer eat. People are often amazed to learn they eat dozens, perhaps hundreds of plant species, including the pineland acacia (shown in video) ; a thorny native species that have irresistible yellow flowers and delicate leaves. The deer carefully navigate around the sharp thorns to pluck them off the stem. A diet of a diverse variety of native plants keep them healthy and wild. Please share this to help educate visitors and residents that Key d

Dinner on the Refuge: Key deer are the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer found throughout most of North America. They are unique to the lower Florida Keys, only about 800-1,000 of them live on about 22 different islands, with most of their population focused on Big Pine and No Name Keys. Key deer does (females) should be having their fawns any day now, so please be on the lookout and drive carefully. Key deer feed on many of the native Florida Keys plant species; they'll eat leaves, f