Utah’s moose are being killed by tiny ticks. The state is looking for ways to reverse the trend.

One of Utah’s largest mammals is being taken down by something smaller than a penny. Moose in the Wasatch Mountains are being “sucked to death” by ticks, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources researcher Kent Hersey said, explaining a decades-long decline in their population. Warmer winters, meanwhile, mean a boom for the parasite’s population, so biologists are working on a solution to stave off the pests. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/20/utah-moose-population-decline-is Reporting by: Jordan Miller Video by: Jordan Miller Media provided by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources