With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the ... anywhere else in the world. The walrus, one of the iconic Arctic ...

After a few more long days sailing and searching and we did begin to properly feel the cold but still we were seeing very little ice in the ocean. However, we had found a large colony of walrus ...

Hooked into ice like an ax, they help a walrus clamber from the sea. They also jab rivals and fend off predators. Punctured polar bears have been found floating dead in the ocean. The mustache is ...

They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...

ONAN, Shimane Prefecture—The first fossil of a primitive walrus species found outside of North America suggests that the prehistoric pinniped inhabited both sides of the northern Pacific Ocean ...

may also force walrus to swim further and expend more energy to reach their food – food which in turn is being negatively impacted by the warming and acidification of the ocean.

The arctic region is one of the coldest places on the planet where human survival in nearly impossible, however, there are a ...

The animal is believed to be Thor - the same walrus spotted on the Hampshire coastline earlier this month. An Arctic walrus has been causing an enormous stir in Scarborough after it was discovered ...

In mid-July, a 600kg (94 stone) walrus, affectionately nicknamed Freya, appeared near Norway's capital city in the Oslo Fjord. Not one to remain low-key, she soon became a local celebrity ...

The walrus, for example, is renowned for its thick, bushy whiskers, which help it detect food on the ocean floor, while its iconic moustache has even inspired a human style. Other creatures ...