It is one of Alaska's favorite Mother's Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age.

How Musk Oxen Make It Through Arctic Nights and Never-Ending Days Scientists wondered whether animals living above the Arctic Circle had the same circadian rhythms as the rest of us. Share full ...

The animals had been entombed by what she and her colleagues call an ice tsunami in a new paper, published Thursday in Scientific Reports. During the storm, the musk oxen descended closer to the ...

Noticing the change in the animals over time, the zoo decided to stop breeding musk oxen and not welcome any new herd members around a decade ago.

She has observed musk oxen blocking portions of the runway at the local airport, and in one incident this summer, a bear killed a musk ox on the runway, which created an obstacle for aircraft.

A male musk ox can weigh up to 800 pounds and charge at speeds over 30 miles per hour. During the breeding season, these shaggy, Arctic Circle behemoths crash into each other face-first and then ...

The Minnesota Zoo has made the decision to euthanize two elderly musk oxen, whose health declined rapidly due to rising temperatures in the state, according to zoo officials.

An aging musk ox was euthanized Tuesday after breaking her leg at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The 18-year-old animal, called Hasxil,was found lying in her exhibit Tuesday and did not want to stand.

Consider, for a moment, the musk ox. The ancient animal looks a bit like a shaggy, long-haired bison and can be found roaming the cold, Arctic landscapes of places like Alaska, northern Canada and ...

Scientists have discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human hunting. The research is the ...

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 the Musk Ox ...