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 ...

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 ...

Winter ticks killing moose at alarming rate. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 10 / 181017080814.htm. University of New Hampshire.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

The winter tick, a common parasite throughout North America, has grown in both numbers and impact over the last several years -- and it has started to take a toll on Colorado's moose.