Beat the heat with a walrus retreat
Much of western Europe was sweltering in a heatwave on Friday, but visitors to one Belgian safari park could at least seek shelter in an igloo with a cool view.
Much of western Europe was sweltering in a heatwave on Friday, but visitors to one Belgian safari park could at least seek shelter in an igloo with a cool view.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2020
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The mysterious disappearance of Greenland's Norse colonies sometime in the 15th century may have been down to the overexploitation of walrus populations for their tusks, according to a study of medieval artefacts from across ...
Archaeology
Jan 6, 2020
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An international collaboration of scientists in Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands has for the first time used ancient DNA analyses and C14-dating to demonstrate the past existence of a unique population of Icelandic walrus ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2019
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Given a choice between giving birth on land or sea ice, Pacific walrus mothers most often choose ice.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2018
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring Pacific walruses resting on Alaska's northwest coast.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2018
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The Icelandic Sagas tell of Erik the Red: exiled for murder in the late 10th century he fled to southwest Greenland, establishing its first Norse settlement.
Other
Aug 7, 2018
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A team of researchers with Saint Petersburg State University and the Institute of Experimental Medicine, both in Russia, has found that a left-side face-to-face preference seen in primates also extends to non-primate marine ...
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the marine mammals have adapted to the loss.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2017
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Thousands of Pacific walrus are coming to Alaska's northwest shore again in the absence of summer sea ice and not all are surviving.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2017
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Everybody needs a shoulder to lean on now and then. A walrus calf at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, is getting one 24 hours per day.
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2017
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