The Minnesota Zoo decided to stop breeding musk oxen and not welcome any new herd members due to the state's increasing temperatures around a decade ago Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends ...

Over the last five months, multiple sled dogs in Nome were attacked by musk oxen in at least four separate incidents. In October, one of the attacks resulted in the death of a dog, and now, people in ...

PALMER — Few animals are as hardy as musk ox, something that was evident within minutes of pulling into the Musk Ox Farm in the middle of the Mat-Su's rich farmland. Bundled tightly against a raw wind ...

June 21 (UPI) --On a blustery March day at the Large Animal Research Station, just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, manager Emma Boone plods through the facility's northern paddock as a pair of teenage musk ...

The 49th state is home to an astounding variety of wildlife: Some species are present at the highest density anywhere in the world. These animals have the power to captivate locals and visitors alike; ...

The muskox pictured here, was spotted on Airport Road in Manokotak on an early Saturday morning in September, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Melvin and Sally Andrew) Melvin Andrew was out in Southwest ...

PALMER, Alaska — It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age. All moms get a daisy and free admission Sunday at ...

YAKUTSK, February 14. /TASS/. The number of musk oxen, which in an experiment had been brought to the Zavyalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk, continues to grow and now is more than 30 animals, the ...

Worland was a court services officer for the Alaska State Troopers, a job that involved prisoner transport and court security. At the kennel, though, he had other obligations. Keeping a dog lot ...