2 newborn musk oxen rescued in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two newborn musk oxen were rescued days apart on Alaska's North Slope after they became separated from the same wild herd, likely scattered by a grizzly bear.

One of the female calves was rescued earlier this month by trans-Alaska oil pipeline workers and the other by a state field biologist conducting research on musk oxen populations. The calves, believed to have been born around May 9, were faltering when they were rescued but are now rebounding at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Large Animal Research Center.

"Both of them are gaining weight and doing really well," UAF attending veterinarian John Blake said Friday of the 28-pound animals, which …