The musk ox lives in the foothills and mountain ranges of the Arctic. Archaeology finds prove musk oxen lived in the vast expanses of Siberia, including on the Taymyr Peninsula, about 3,000 years ago.

Musk oxen inhibited vast expanses of Siberia, including the Taymyr Peninsula, about 3,000 years ago, archaeologists say. The herds grazed next to mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses.

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 ...

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 ...

To study the musk-ox life cycle demands considerable effort and expense. The hostile conditions are especially complex in winter, with severe blizzards and temperatures far below freezing.

The photo depicts an ancient musk ox skull located at the Ice Age Museum in the Taymyr Peninsula of Siberia. Scientists used ancient musk ox bones, like the one in the photo, to test for human ...

We go to the frozen Arctic tundra for survival strategies from the musk ox – one of the planet’s great survivors. See the photo gallery and video.

Scientists are seeking to understand how the musk ox has managed to persist through repeated climate shifts and habitat upheavals.

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). Joel Berger, a senior scientist with the Wildlife ...

The Wildlife Conservation Society recently launched a four-year study to determine if climate change is affecting populations of a quintessential Arctic denizen: the rare musk ox. The research ...