Winter ticks, which are sometimes called moose ticks, have been pestering Maine moose for about a century and likely longer. But their numbers have exploded in parts of Maine, New Hampshire ...

The winter tick begins to feed on the moose in late winter, at a time when the moose is least able to handle being the host, and Rines said they succumb to being eaten to death.

Winter ticks, it seems, live by climate change and die by climate change.The parasitic blood-suckers have hammered the New England moose population for years. Shorter winters mean a greater ...

But the worst part is the itch, and moose are scratching so hard to get rid of winter ticks that they can remove 50%, even up to 80% of the hair on their bodies by the end of an average winter.

Winter ticks are killing moose across New England in alarming numbers, latching onto their hosts by the thousands and draining so much blood that the animals have been described as “zombies” before ...

Sportsmen hoping to bag a big moose are seeing increased competition from a tiny parasite that's cutting down moose populations in New England and across parts of the northern United States ...

This moose on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale has destroyed almost all of its fur trying to remove winter ticks from its body, exposing the animal’s bare black skin.

A booming tick population in Maine's North Woods has killed off large numbers of moose calves and is worrying scientists.

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

The survey results indicate a healthy herd and lead to optimism that the number of moose hunting permits in 2018 will be similar to what was issued in 2017. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Moose calves are dying at unprecedented levels in New England, mostly because of the hordes of winter ticks — as many as 90,000 on one animal — that latch onto their ...