The Musk Ox Farm in Palmer will open to the public on Mother’s Day, May 14. During the spring, the under-wool called qiviut is combed from the animals and used by knitters.

An Alaska Mother’s Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm All moms get a daisy and free admission Sunday at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, about an hour’s drive north of Anchorage.

Musk oxen are shown Saturday, May 10 at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska. They are the stars of the show on Mother's Day, which draws some 1,500 visitors to the farm.

Windy Valley Muskox in the Mat-Su was Alaska’s sole commercial musk ox farm for a decade, until its owners sold the property in 2010, along with their 13 musk oxen, two years ago.

Efforts to reintroduce the musk ox to Alaska started in 1934, when 34 were delivered to Fairbanks from Greenland. Since then, the wild population has grown to about 5,000, located throughout the ...

So far this year, three baby musk oxen have been born and are on display, and more could be on the way. A musk ox is shown Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska.

Mature musk ox bulls can stand 5 feet (about 1.5 meters) tall and weigh as much as 800 pounds (about 360 kilograms), while female cows are smaller at about 4 feet (about 1.2 meters) and up to 500 ...

It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age. All moms get a daisy and free admission Sunday at the Musk Ox ...

Efforts to reintroduce the musk ox to Alaska started in 1934, when 34 were delivered to Fairbanks from Greenland. Since then, the wild population has grown to about 5,000, located throughout the ...