Grace Moeggenborg, a recent graduate of Michigan Technological University, is researching whether balsam fir oil can kill ...

As climate change profoundly alters ecosystems in North America, a small parasite is wreaking havoc: the winter tick. This tick, now more prevalent due to milder environmental conditions, is severely ...

I grew up in Maine. When you’re a boy growing up in Maine, you spend a lot of time in the woods. Pretending, building forts, ...

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ELY, Minnesota (WCCO) — Every year, biologists take flight to count moose in Minnesota. They’re in the process of doing it right now in the Superior National Forest near Ely. WCCO wondered how the ...

DULUTH — The warmest, least snowy Northland winter in years, maybe decades, has taken another casualty: The long-standing Isle Royale moose and wolf survey conducted by scientists from Michigan ...

According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, there are about 40,000 to 60,000 moose in the state. That number is down from 25 years ago, when the population was at its peak, ...

The warming climate has increased the number of winter ticks in Maine's north woods. Biologists are tracking calf mortality. Winter ticks are increasing in the warming climate, and they're killing ...