DURING my various arctic expeditions I have learnt a good deal about the ovibos (musk ox) from conversation with the Eskimos, and perhaps more from actual observation. Especially when we were in M ...

TASS/. The number of musk oxen in the Russian North could be increased to 2 million animals without damaging the ecosystems, expert of the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (the Russian ...

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 ...

But never fear, head butting is a natural part of musk ox behavior, just like with rams and sheep, and they usually ply their skills against much harder surfaces than a simple rubber ball.

In the wild, muskoxen live in herds which range from a half dozen specimens to a couple dozen. At the Port Defiance Zoo, ...

About 3 thousand years ago, apparently due to climate change, musk oxen in Eurasia became completely extinct. They remained only in hard-to-reach places in North America and Greenland. To return ...