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 ...

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.

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 got a daisy and free admission Sunday at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 main threat to animals is illegal hunting, in which involved are both hunters and reindeer herders, as well as employees of industrial and resource companies YAKUTSK, April 15. /TASS/. The number ...

Scientists wondered whether animals living above the Arctic Circle had the same circadian rhythms as the rest of us. By Veronique Greenwood In the distant reaches of northeastern Greenland, musk oxen ...

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; ...