Articles for tag: animal ecology, Climate Change, conservation challenges, moose population, New England nature, parasite impact, Vermont wildlife, wildlife health, Wildlife Management, winter ticks

Climate Change: The Perfect Storm

Vermont Moose vs. Winter Ticks

Andrew Alpin

Vermont’s majestic moose are facing an unprecedented battle for survival, and their enemy is smaller than your pinky nail. In the forests of the Northeast Kingdom and beyond, these iconic giants are losing a war against that’s reshaping the state’s wilderness. What was once a manageable parasite-host relationship has become a devastating ecological crisis that ...

New England’s Moose vs. Winter Ticks – 7 Solutions That Actually Help

Suhail Ahmed

By late winter, New England’s moose can look like ghosts – pale, ragged, and exhausted – after tens of thousands of winter ticks siphon their strength. It’s a quiet emergency unfolding in spruce–fir forests where longer autumns have tilted the parasite’s odds. Yet the story isn’t just loss; it’s also inventiveness, as biologists, foresters, and ...