A three-year study conducted by Fish & Wildlife, beginning in 2017, found that chronic high tick counts on moose are causing the species’ general health “to be very poor.” Donna Hill, right, of ...

Joey Davis spends much of his time in the woods of the Northeast Kingdom. He guides moose hunts, and in the spring he combs the woods for antlers that moose have naturally shed. But he often finds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of hundreds of fat winter ticks on a moose Winter ticks are killing moose across New England in alarming numbers, ...

The aim of the annual moose harvest is to bring the area’s moose population down to one moose per square mile. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has proposed repeating the Northeast Kingdom’s ...

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 ...

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department issued 180 moose hunting permits this year, resulting in 62 moose harvested between the Oct. 1-7 archery season and the Oct. 19-24 regular season.

The moose population of Michigan's western Upper Peninsula has not significantly grown since 2019, according to a recent survey, and the Department of Natural Resources does not recommend implementing ...