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 ...

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 ...

Animals like chickens, goats and potentially even oxen could come to Wilmingtonians' emotional rescue if a city councilman's new pet project becomes law. City residents could find consolation in ...

“The ox is a most noble animal, patient, thrifty, durable and gentle.” What an elegant, almost reverential description by Peter Burnett, Oregon Trail traveler of the 1850s! Yet humor and practicality ...

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 ...

The two remaining musk oxen at the Minnesota Zoo were euthanized in late April due to fears that the warming state could negatively affect the last days of the elderly animals. The facility said in ...

On a recent afternoon amid the hype of children, rides and fried-food bliss, one very large OC Fair employee stands out from the crowd – a black-and-white, 6-foot-tall ox named Patches. Patches, a ...