walrus

This article originally appeared in issue 02.17 of The Circle. See all issues of The Circle here. For a more in-depth look at walrus conservation, download WWF’s report The State of Circumpolar Walrus Populations. Diminishing sea ice means polar bears and walrus are spending more time on land. Will this lead to more conflict between the two […]

Counting walruses is difficult, complex and labour intensive usually requiring repeat visits to haulout sites.

The Pacific walrus has long been a staple of subsistence for the Indigenous peoples of northeastern Russia and the Inuit of Alaska in the United States.

This article originally appeared in issue 02.17 of The Circle. See all issues of The Circle here. For a more in-depth look at walrus conservation, download WWF’s report The State of Circumpolar Walrus Populations. The walrus is an emblematic species of the Arctic. They are also highly social, gregarious mammals that rely on vocal cues. But researcher […]

Studies are underway to assess the effects of industrial activities on walruses.

This article originally appeared in issue 02.17 of The Circle. See all issues of The Circle here. For a more in-depth look at walrus conservation, download WWF’s report The State of Circumpolar Walrus Populations. Despite occurring over a vast area and having healthy population sizes in many regions, walruses face an uncertain future. MELANIE LANCASTER and TOM […]

Human activity coupled with diminishing sea ice means walrus herds are being forced to look for new platforms for feeding, mating and resting.

The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) has a circumpolar Arctic and sub-Arctic distribution with two subspecies, the Atlantic walrus, O. r. rosmarus, and Pacific walrus, O. r. divergens.

Documenting the life of the Kara Sea.

For people who have problems visualizing climate change, this is what it can look like in the Arctic – 35,000 walruses crowded onto an Alaskan beach, driven there by the loss of their preferred resting and feeding place on coastal ice.