These muskox are quite the unique species. 🐂❄️ | Discovery Channel UK

AW: A baby muskox was seen darting across her habitat and investigating branches alongside her mom Charlotte at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Washington on Wednesday (9/13). The zoo said the female calf is healthy and likes to explore the area around her. Muskoxen is an ancient species that graze the tundra of Alaska, Greenland, and northern Canada, with around 80,000 currently in the wild, according to the zoo. | CBS Newspath

PLAY BALL: Willow the baby muskox was seen pushing around and playing with a jolly ball for the first time at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday (10/3). The zoo said the almost one-month-old loves doing “zoomies” in her habitat. The zoo added that muskoxen are an ancient species native to the tundra and prairies Greenland, Alaska, and Northern Canada. | CBS Newspath

Spring has sprung and newborn muskox calves can now be found across parts of Alaska. Join us for this “Working for Wildlife” video highlighting Seward Peninsula muskoxen in a first-of-its-kind research project to better understand a species that once completely disappeared from the state. To learn more about muskoxen visit the species profile page at https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=muskox.main #wildlife #science #alaska #workingforwildlife #muskox #nome #alaskalife #wildlifeconservati