While these ticks don’t carry disease, blood loss, irritation and fur loss can be fatal to moose, which depend on thick coats ...

Winter tick infestation is common with moose across the northern U.S. – usually survivable for adults but less so for calves, and miserable either way. And climate change may make it worse ...

Winter tick infestation is common with moose across the northern U.S. – usually survivable for adults but less so for calves, and miserable either way. And climate change may make it worse ...

In some areas of New England, where infestations have swept through the moose populations, winter ticks have killed more than three-quarters of the calves. The average tick load on an infested ...

Given their massive size and cantankerous attitudes, Wyoming’s moose might seem practically indestructible, but if enough ...

Winter tick infestation is common with moose across the northern U.S. — usually survivable for adults but less so for calves, and miserable either way. And climate change may make it worse ...

Winter ticks, also known as moose ticks (Dermacentor albipictus), are external parasites that attach to the skin of their hosts. While they do feed on other species, winter ticks primarily target ...

Around 30% of moose in Minnesota and in the Grand Portage area died over the past year, with the tick infestation being a major cause, Moore said. Nearly a third of the moose on Lake Superior's ...

Unfortunately, Maine’s moose population is in trouble. A story in the July issue of “Down East" magazine focuses on Lee ...

A study conducted from 2014 to 2016 for moose across parts of Maine and northern New Hampshire found a 70% calf mortality rate because of winter tick infestation. "There's nothing sadder than ...

As winter ticks kill off moose by the thousands, states like Maine and New Hampshire are expanding moose hunting opportunities to help fight the nasty parasites.

It’s a ghastly sight: ticks by tens of thousands burrowed into a moose’s broad body and sucking its lifeblood. Winter tick infestation is common with moose across the northern U.S.