Deer ticks are well established in southern Maine and are expanding into northern Maine quickly. Last year, Maine recorded a record-breaking 2,943 cases of Lyme disease .

“Personally, I’m worried about climate change impacts in Maine. Especially on our trout, salmon, lobster, ... more turkey and more deer because the world around us is changing and warming up.

Moose have become the face of climate change in the Northwoods. In a 2014 Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences report , 100 Maine scientists concluded that moose — and 55 other vertebrates ...

image: Red deer in a forest. view more . Credit: INRAE - Anders Mårell. Temperature, rainfall, snow and extreme weather events are all factors linked to climate change that directly affect wildlife.

Over 115,000 new high-efficiency heat pumps have been installed in Maine, surpassing the climate plan’s 2025 goal of 100,000 new heat pumps two years early. Maine makes progress toward climate ...

Maine has been awarded $5.1 million in federal funding to support coastal communities and address the impacts of climate change. “Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it’s at our ...

The Gulf of Maine serves as a "grocery store for most of the North Atlantic," but climate change is creating complex challenges for migrating fish. "It's a lot more complex than just it's warmer ...

On a bright, blustery morning in Scarborough, a three-member team is out surveying nesting sites for piping plovers and least terns, two endangered shorebirds in Maine. The secluded beach the ...

How climate and deer are impacting boreal caribou : Short Wave Wildlife ecologists have seen white-tailed deer expanding their range in North America over many decades. And since the early-2000s ...

Tiny deer and rising seas: How climate change is testing the Endangered Species Act : Short Wave Some people keep dogs in their backyards. In the Florida Keys, some residents have deer the size of ...