The polar bear was a mother with two cubs to feed ... they seem to wallow without a care in the world (happily, walrus hunting was banned in 1952). They can be dangerous, though.

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 ...

The noise generated by routine oil operations can disturb essential polar bear behavior and increase stress on the animals’ when food may be scarce. Walruses are also highly sensitive to human ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Even if it’s the only polar bear the passengers will see.” After a few days of fog, which breaks open only long us for us to see a walrus huddle, with more than 200 grunting walrus packed ...

They then compared the performance of polar bear hair with human hair and two human-made ski skins. A polar bear’s insulating fur shown under infrared heat imaging taken with a FLIR E75 24o ...

"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 ...

Wildlife biologist Dr. Devin Johnson of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Marine Mammals Management Walrus Program isn ... terrestrial predators e.g., polar/brown bears. Although recent ...

Inuvialuit artists Eli Nasogaluak and Derrald Taylor are attending Winterlude this year to celebrate their culture with an ice sculpture called 'The Happy Dance.' It depicts a drum dancer surrounded ...

Watch as veteran polar bear guide Dennis Compayre goes on a remarkable ... animals is also one of its most misunderstood. The walrus is among the largest of the pinnipeds, a group that includes ...