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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
Scientists spotted 35,000 walruses crowded on a beach near the village of Point Lay in northwest Alaska as Arctic sea ice reached its minimum extend in 2014. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. (Photo: AP) ...