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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

For the first time, scientists working in the North Country are trying to get a much more specific census of how many moose live in our region. They want a better idea of where these giant animals ...

In this July 2011 photo, a moose picks its head up from eating grass from Pierce Pond in North New Portland, Maine. (Pat Wellenbach/AP) Although last year saw low numbers of winter ticks on Maine ...

Most tick species move from host to host frequently, but winter ticks find a moose, deer, or other animal around November and extract their blood for the entirety of winter.

A GPS-collared bull moose shows 25-30% hair loss in this photo. The hair loss is a visible sign of winter tick infestation, which can impact moose health and survival.

Spring snows benefit moose, because during those months, female winter ticks — each bearing up to 4,000 eggs — drop off moose to lay eggs. If ticks land on snow, their survival rate ...