Hunting polar bear and walrus, they soon had fresh meat aplenty and regained their strength. Threading south through the icy archipelago, they realized by August 26 that they would have to spend ...

This analysis was vital to protecting this population. During our field trip, I noticed every walrus haul-out had a polar bear nearby. One walrus calf is enough to sustain a polar bear for a month. As ...

In 2008 we petitioned to protect the walrus under the Endangered Species Act, making it the third Arctic species we had sought to protect, following the polar bear and ribbon seal. When the U.S. Fish ...

The liver of some animals – especially polar bear, walrus, and moose – contains so much vitamin A that eating just 100g may ...

Svalbard is a key origin point for Arctic cruises, where trips have doubled since 2016. Climate change is melting ice more ...

This location is so remote, it took the crew over a week to get there. On the coast of northern Russia in Asia’s Arctic is one of the biggest concentrations of animals on the continent.

Today, the island harbours the greatest concentration of polar bears on ... home to a small walrus colony. Adult walruses are too dangerous to attack for a bear, but it became clear that some ...

For marine mammals such as the polar bear, Pacific walrus, and ringed seal, the loss of hundreds of thousands of square miles of sea ice has already been devastating. “It’s like someone took ...

"It is the second expedition under the project to study the Kara-Barents marine population of polar bear and Atlantic walrus." "Within a month, the scientists will observe and calculate the ...

There have been some close scrapes with animals along the way, including an inquisitive polar bear who was a little too close for comfort and a hungry walrus who thought Doug was a seal.

Learn about the effects of a changing climate on the Arctic ecosystem and four of its well-known mammals: the polar bear, the walrus, the Arctic fox and the beluga whale. The term “climate ...