Can the Moose of Summer Take the Heat?

Living on Earth

Warming temperatures cause multiple challenges for moose. Salt Marsh Diary writer Mark Seth Lender watches as a trio of moose search for food in Northern Maine. In this photo–This moose’s leg bleeds where leeches have hung on. (Salt Marsh Diary ©)

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