The musk ox herd in White Falcon, White Wolf gets a lucky break when the pack of Arctic wolves chooses to go after other prey that’s easier to catch. But these hairy powerhouses face a great ...

In the blue light of the Russian Arctic, scientists captured a rare photo of a polar bear approaching a musk ox carcass Thursday (March 27). Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

Studying polar bears has led to developments in synthetic fleece, a breakthrough scientists hope to mimic with musk ox hair. Click here to read the full article. Advertisement ...

For the caribou, musk oxen, polar bears and Arctic foxes, the Ice Age is slipping away. Buzzworthy Moments: A newborn musk ox learns how to survive with the help of its mother.

The musk ox is a holdover from the Pleistocene, the age of the giant mammals memorialized in natural history murals everywhere the mammoths and mastodons, the saber-toothed cats, the giant ground ...

Chasing the ancient musk ox on Victoria Island in mid April is a chilly endeavor.

This is, after all, a problem for many other land mammals in cold environments, from musk ox to bearded polar explorers. Holst asked researchers at Norway's Polar Research Institute if they knew ...

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 ...

A man feeds musk oxen at the University of Alaska Musk Ox Farm, c. 1964-1974 (right). Historical Photograph Collection, Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University ...

It’s hard to miss a musk ox: It looks like a buffalo decked out in a hairy fur coat. And yet this easy-to-spot giant, which lives on tundras from Siberia to Greenland, is still surprisingly ...