Past cycles of climate change, along with human exploitation, have led to only small and isolated stocks of Atlantic walrus remaining. The current population is at high risk of the same issues ...
Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) are distinct for their massive, long tusks and fuzzy mustache-like faces, but a recently discovered extinct species looks slightly different from the creature that chilled ...
My life-long fascination with wildlife led to my career in conservation. Without the time or finances in my younger years to engage in wildlife travel expeditions, now retired, my wife and I have been ...
A fisherman in Hebrides spotted Arctic creature sunbathing on the rocks, the area’s first walrus sighting in 25 years, marine experts said. Lorn Macrae Photo from the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust ...
This year I have added a small section of fossils to the Oceanarium with one unusual specimen. Tom Testaverde was fishing his stern trawler, the fishing vessel Midnight Sun, in about 50 fathoms (300 ...
An Atlantic walrus became an overnight sensation when it turned up at Middle Cove Beach in Newfoundland and Labrador on the weekend. Based on its estimated size of 181 kg and the length of its tusks, ...
Walrus are facing the reality of the climate crisis and we need to know more about how they are affected. Since 2021, WWF and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been asking the public to become ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scientists in northern Russia have discovered a huge walrus haulout on the shores of the Kara Sea where their habitat is under threat from shrinking ice and human activity. The ...