Rescuers rushed into action Tuesday after a walrus — estimated to be only a couple of weeks old or less — was spotted alone ...
Arctic sea ice is again being pushed to record lows this northern summer, according to a report by Nick Sundt in the WWF US Climate blog, with the forced migration to shore of thousands of walrus ...
"Pacific walruses are specifically adapted for life in and around sea ice." These programs are essential because climate change is one of the biggest threats to the ongoing survival of walruses ...
And for a walrus to hit one of us can be lethal.” Indeed, their ivory tusks can be nearly two feet long. Hooked into ice like an ax, they help a walrus clamber from the sea. They also jab rivals ...
Walruses are scattered around Canada, Greenland, and Russia in the Atlantic and near Alaska and Russia's Siberian coast in the Pacific. They live on coastlines, ice floes, and shallow waters along ...
Our goal was to film walrus, we wanted to capture them on ice floes and had a specially built “megadome” that would allow David to capture imagery of the walrus on ice from above and below ...
With tusks like an elephant and the body of an overgrown seal, the Pacific walrus is one blubbery beast. This ungainly animal, often gathered en masse on rocky beaches or seen riding ice floes, dives ...
Our Planet, our new documentary series narrated by David Attenborough, shows walruses as you've never seen them before - and the threats they face. On land, they’re hulking, belching, flatulent one ...
The Center for Biological Diversity first submitted a petition to list the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) as threatened or endangered in 2008, more than a decade ago. Today’s letter was signed by ...
Melting sea ice due to climate change isn’t just a problem for people living in coastal regions that are slowly being flooded. It threatens the survival of species like walruses, which are uniquely ...