Researchers take a new look at old walrus-like fossils and reclassify them based on skull, teeth, and jaws, rather than tusks. Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a ...

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 ...

Walruses are 'right-flippered', according to research published this week in BMC Ecology. The first study of walrus feeding behaviour in the wild showed that the animals preferentially use ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Thousands of walrus have appeared on Alaska’s northwest coast in what conservationists are calling a dramatic consequence of global warming melting the Arctic sea ice. Alaska’s ...

You may recall stories recently about two Alaska walrus pups going to new homes in big city zoos. The pudgy cute faces of Patak and Mitik were seen nationwide as the youngsters made their way to ...

Federal wildlife officials have declined the suggestion of a wildlife advocacy group to place experimental rafts off Alaska's northwest coast as a resting place for walrus. U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— A coalition of conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, challenging a rule that permits oil companies, like Shell Oil, to harm ...

Large herds of walrus bulls fattening up for summer in Bristol Bay have found a new spot to hang out, near a village on the Alaska Peninsula where they haven't been seen in decades. "I've never seen ...

As the Arctic melts due to climate change, its iconic marine mammals are feeling the heat. The Arctic Ocean held less sea ice in June of this year than any previous June on record. For the last four ...

Walruses are 'right-flippered', according to research published this week in BMC Ecology. The first study of walrus feeding behaviour in the wild showed that the animals preferentially use their right ...