91% of Wild Muskoxen Examined Had Enamel Cracks in the Canadian Arctic
Researchers examining 243 lower jaws from wild muskoxen in the Canadian Arctic found enamel cracks in 91.4% of…
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Research, conservation and important developments connected to this species.
CT-based Model Reproduced Muskox Skull Vibrations During Experimental Validation
A 2026 biomechanics study built a CT-based finite-element model of a muskox skull and tested it against laser-vibrometry…
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Arctic Storms Cut Muskox Movement Associated With Foraging by About Two-thirds
Across six storms in northeast Greenland, muskoxen shifted strongly toward movement interpreted as resting, while time in the…
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Temperature, Not Day Length, Drove the Muskox Summer Metabolic Shift
Multi-year measurements from nine wild muskoxen in northeast Greenland showed that the spring shift toward higher heart rate,…
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Muskox Decline Changes the Balance of High Arctic Vegetation
A 13-year exclusion experiment in Greenland shows how declining muskox numbers can release tundra vegetation from heavy grazing…
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Model Points to Feces and Alternative Hosts in Muskox Bacterial Disease
A 2026 multi-host model of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in Arctic muskoxen found that direct and fecal transmission could sustain…
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Synthetic Images Helped Train Muskox Detectors When Real Aerial Photos Were Scarce
A 2026 study found that object-detection models trained only on synthetic muskox images could detect more than 80%…
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Dovrefjell Winter Count Found 220 Muskoxen, Above the 200-animal Management Target
Norway's 2026 winter count recorded 220 muskoxen on Dovrefjell, including 32 calves. The population has ranged from 200…
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