Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus): a large pinniped marine mammal. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Carnivora Clade: | ...
Moo Deng is so last year. The newest cutie-patootie warming up to steal the social media spotlight is a rare orphaned Pacific walrus calf named Ukiaq — affectionately called “Uki” — rescued from the ...
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- The documentary "Haulout" follows a marine biologist living in the Siberian Arctic. He's there to chronicle the largest walrus haulout in the world. That's where almost ...
Discover how rapidly declining sea ice is reshaping the future for walruses. The Arctic “death spiral” refers to the rapid loss of sea ice caused by climate change. For walruses, this means losing the ...
Walruses may stop Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling plan. Two exploratory wells Shell wants to drill in the Chukchi Sea near Alaska violate regulations designed to avoid disturbing walruses and ...
SeaWorld Orlando recently welcomed a rescued Pacific walrus calf who was found stranded on a shore in Alaska into its care. Alaska SeaLife Center found the rare walrus calf orphaned and abandoned on a ...
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Polar bear mothers will have a harder time carrying cubs to term as Arctic sea ice dwindles, a new study said, and the U.S. government recognized that Pacific walruses ...
New research shows that the Vikings traveled more than 6,000 kilometers to the Arctic to hunt for walrus. DNA analyses reveal that walrus ivory from Greenland was brought to Europe and probably as far ...
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Arctic zone has moved into a warmer, greener "new normal" phase, which means less habitat for polar bears and more access for development, an international scientific ...