As climate change profoundly alters ecosystems in North America, a small parasite is wreaking havoc: the winter tick. This ...

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 ...

A Michigan Tech student researcher, empathetic to the suffering of tick-infested moose — and with a personal ick for ticks — ...

In Northern New England, shorter winters with less snow are a problem for moose. It means they face a bigger threat from native winter ticks. And some states are trying to help by hunting more moose.

A bull moose grazes in New Hampshire during the spring. (Photo by Cappi Thompson/Getty Images) Every fall, winter ticks in New England sit on shrubs or other plants waiting for a large animal to pass ...

Although last year saw low numbers of winter ticks on Maine's moose population, the state's moose biologist expects much higher numbers for the coming winter season. Lee Kantar said that's because the ...

The graying look of moose you might see in the field this spring isn’t the result of old age. It’s likely the work of blood-sucking ticks. The Coeur d’Alene office of the Idaho Department of Fish and ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Maine — 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 ...