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 ...

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 ...

Adult male walruses, called bulls, can reach lengths of up to 11 feet and weigh as much as 3,700 pounds. Females are smaller, averaging 9 feet long and 2,700 pounds. Calves weigh 100–130 pounds at ...

An orphaned baby walrus found abandoned is getting a new lease on life after she was rescued from a remote corner of Alaska. The female Pacific walrus, who has not yet been named, was found emaciated ...

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 ...

People in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard called authorities when they saw a man climb onto an ice floe to approach a resting walrus. The tourist was fined about $1,100. Good morning. I'm ...

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 ...

Two hunters were walking along a beach in Alaska’s northernmost city of Utqiagvik when they came across an injured walrus calf struggling to move on the cold sand. It was a surprising sight because ...

Wildlife biologist Dr. Devin Johnson of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Marine Mammals Management Walrus Program isn’t entirely pessimistic regarding the plight of these animals. He has fond ...

For the first time, tiny bits of plastic have been found in the body tissue of Pacific walruses, lodged in the animals’ muscles, blubber and livers. The findings, from a University of Alaska Fairbanks ...