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; ...

FAIRBANKS - Visitors to Alaska can’t count on seeing a herd of musk oxen or caribou in the wild, but the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Large Animal Research Station may offer the next best thing.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last five months, 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 the ...