The walrus population is about 250,000 today. While they are no longer hunted, they still face conservation challenges, particularly due to the loss of their sea ice habitat caused by climate change.

As walruses' icy abode melts away, their habitat is being auctioned off to oil companies to extract more fossil fuels. The Center is working to protect the Pacific walrus from the double-barreled ...

MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The main habitat and migration areas of walruses shift due to the changing ice cover distribution in the Bering, Chukchi and East Siberian Seas due to climate change ...

They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...

The scientists note that Arctic warming driven by climate change is reducing the walrus’ sea ice habitat and presenting a dire threat to the survival of the species. “It’s long past time for the ...

Two experts—and two walruses—demonstrate. (Hint: Throw your whole body into it.) Watch our audio slide show—or hear walrus sounds now: ...

Our Planet, our new documentary series narrated by David Attenborough, shows walruses as you've never seen them before - and the threats they face. On land, they’re hulking, belching, flatulent one ...