Robert Qaummaluk Lisbourne remembers how, when he was growing up, walruses started to beach near Point Lay in large numbers. It was always an exciting time for local hunters. But he said a stream of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you know that walrus have feet? I was shocked when I found this video that marine biologist and animal behavior expert KP ...

Twenty years on, relive the iconic scene from Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth that changed our understanding of how ...

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are impressively known as the largest of the bear species. However, the walrus is a formidable ...

Although an extinct animal was from a different group of marine mammals, an examination of fossils showed it evolved a way of eating that was very similar to that of modern walruses. By Asher Elbein ...

Rescuers rushed into action Tuesday after a walrus — estimated to be only a couple of weeks old or less — was spotted alone on an Alaskan beach. Walruses are very reliant on their mothers for the ...

In celebration of World Walrus Day, National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson talks about his new documentary on the saber-toothed seals Jack Tamisiea As a paleobotanist, Kirk Johnson’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walrus on the sand beach and boat. Detail portrait of Walrus with big white tusk, Odobenus rosmarus, big animal in nature habitat ...

In the first successful attempt to calibrate walrus counts from satellite imagery, scientists used drones to validate animal counts in Svalbard, Norway. On this International Day for Biological ...

A walrus is seen in Alaska's Chukchi Sea in June of 2010. Research by a University of Alaska Fairbanks student found microplastics, mostly tiny fibers, were lodged in muscle tissue, blubber and livers ...