Minnesota saw a 58% decline of the moose population in the northeastern part of the state between 2006 and 2017. A primary driver of the decline is brainworm, a parasite that affects the animal's ...
In this 2014 photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, a moose calf follows its mother in the snow near Grand Marais, Minn. Minnesota's moose population is estimated at about ...
A moose in Minnesota stumbles onto the road. She circles, confused and dazed, unable to orient herself or recognize the danger of an oncoming semitruck. What kills her is the impact of 13 tons of ...
As a young wildlife biologist, Adam Mortensen has worked in the mountains of New Mexico, the high desert of northern California and the wilderness of Isle Royale, where he lived out of a tent and ...
ST. PAUL -- Moose have been falling over and dying across Northeastern Minnesota at a disturbing rate in recent years, and researchers still don't know why. But starting in a few days, researchers ...
In northeastern Minnesota, moose are dying at an alarming rate and state officials are having difficulty determining why. And though hunters are not part of the problem, the state announced Wednesday ...
In a forest clearing outside Ely, Minn., two scientists huddle over a moose calf as it dozes in the snow. The female calf is only nine months old but already weighs almost 500 pounds. It’s been ...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will unveil its species survival plan for moose Tuesday along with a research effort to find out why the animal is declining in the state. Hit hard by ...