Search results for Walruses

Ecology Aug 10, 2025

Our DNA analysis of 75,000-year-old bones in Arctic caves reveals how animals responded to changing climates

As the Arctic warms faster than anywhere else on Earth, animals that have evolved to survive the cold face unprecedented challenges. While scientists are learning more about how modern wildlife responds to environmental change, ...

Paleontology & Fossils Aug 4, 2025

Scientists uncover 75,000-year-old Arctic animal remains in Norwegian cave

Scientists have uncovered the remains of a vast animal community that lived in the European Arctic 75,000 years ago.

Ecology May 29, 2025

New AI tool aids caribou conservation in a changing Arctic

Artificial intelligence sea ice forecasting systems could help predict and protect the migration routes of endangered caribou in the Canadian Arctic, according to a new study. The research, led by British Antarctic Survey ...

Evolution Apr 28, 2025

'Extremely rare event': Bone analysis suggests ancient echidnas lived in water

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of echidnas and platypuses on its head.

Evolution Apr 28, 2025

Pugs and Persian cats show strikingly similar 'smushed' faces due to artificial selection

Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and "smushed" faces, so they're more similar to each other than they are to most other dogs or cats.

Earth Sciences Jan 27, 2025

'Last Ice Area' in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought

The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, ...

Environment Jan 2, 2025

Why we need to transform the Arctic Ocean into a North Pole marine reserve

At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea and gannets dive.

Plants & Animals Dec 4, 2024

Assessing the sustainability of the Pacific walrus population over the next 75 years

The Pacific walrus, a critically important resource for Alaska and Chukotka Native communities, is subject to rapid habitat loss associated with climate change and increasing human activity in the Arctic. New research published ...

Archaeology Sep 30, 2024

Retracing walrus ivory trade of Viking Age reveals early interactions between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and Arctic Indigenous peoples were ...

Plants & Animals Aug 13, 2024

New species of extinct walrus-like mammal discovered in the North Atlantic

A new discovery by a team of paleontologists, led by Dr. Mathieu Boisville (University of Tsukuba, Japan), has uncovered a new species of the extinct genus Ontocetus from the Lower Pleistocene deposits in the North Atlantic. ...

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