"In rehabilitation, staff act as surrogates, sitting with the calf around the clock and providing intensive care," the center ...

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage ...

Staff members at the Alaska SeaLife Center have been busy the past week giving a Pacific walrus calf constant cuddles after he was recently rescued and taken to their facility. Staff members at ...

“The best singer is hoping his song attracts a beautiful lady walrus.” Fifteen months after he does, a hundred-plus-pound calf is born. Over the next two years that pup will be cradled like a ...

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 sea ice declines, this is the future for some polar ...

RANGE: The Pacific walrus is found in the arctic waters of the Bering and ... Females give birth to a single calf once every two to four years. Calves nurse for two years yet spend up to five years ...

Since 2021, more than 37,000 citizen scientists have participated in the Walrus From Space project ... along with potentially contributing to calf mortalities.” As the Chukchi Sea experiences ...

Walrus use sea ice for resting and to give birth to their young. But as sea ice diminishes, more walrus are forced to seek refuge on land, congregating for the chance to rest. Overcrowded beaches ...