Lee Kantar, the only state moose biologist in the country, is charged with everything from managing the hunt to countering ...

Unfortunately, Maine’s moose population is in trouble. A story in the July issue of “Down East" magazine focuses on Lee Kantar, the state moose biologist, and the work he’s doing about the ...

Maine moose sightings becoming rarer as climate change boosts tick populations. ... or newborns that are severely underweight. Moose with 50,000 to 90,000 ticks often die a slow, horrific death.

Chris Martin: The state of Maine is studying a new approach to helping moose stay healthy in the face of winter tick devastation. Because Maine is so big, they are able to partition their moose ...

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 ...

S horter winters in Maine’s woodlands have created a huge problem for the state’s iconic moose, in the form of tiny blood-sucking ticks that thrive in warmer weather and which last year killed ...

Because winter ticks thrive in areas with high moose densities, reducing herd numbers could lead to healthier moose populations. In response, some states have turned to what seems like a Hail Mary ...

Ron Joseph reflects that seeing a moose can be a lifetime memory, but he wonders if Maine's most iconic animal will survive the century as warmer seasons breed more ticks. Posted May 2, 2024 ...