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Moose

Abenaki storyteller and musician Joseph Bruchac tells a story about what humans can learn from the bear.

Native American stories connect people with the animals around them

Culture

Many Native American communities belong to a clan that identifies with an animal — such as the bear, deer, or loon — that is featured in their traditional stories.

Moose tick infestation

Moose in New England face grisly deaths from tick infestations

Environment
Aided by reintroduction programs and changing public attitudes, wolves are making a comeback in the rural American West. On Isle Royale, however, they’re in a steep decline and unlikely to recover.

The world’s longest animal population study has bad news for wolves

Environment

Declining moose population in upper Midwest may be due to climate change

Environment

The Tale of the Missing Moose

Can the Moose of Summer Take the Heat?

The dog days of summer make moose miserable as they confront numerous challenges.

The Wolves of Isle Royale

Steve Curwood speaks with biologist, photographer and author Dr. Rolf Peterson about his research and recent book The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance. Moose are also prominent on the island and in Peterson’s research.

The World

Moose Milieu

Nature observer Richard Nelson takes us in the field to see what Bullwinkle and his friends are up to.

The World

Black Bears

People who live in rural communities get used to living with wild animals like cougars, moose and bears. But folks in suburban Boston aren’t as used to having black bears for neighbors, and their numbers are becoming more numerous because of habitat restoration and restrictions on hunting. Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR in Boston […]

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… the largest member of the deer family, the moose. On Maine’s Moosehead Lake their spring re-emergence is celebrated in a month-long festival, MoosMainea, which includes moose-watching safaris and demonstrations of moose-calling.