Walrus

A 90-kilogram walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska's North Slope is being bottle fed and receiving round-the-clock "cuddling" from doting animal welfare workers who are trying to keep the 1-month-old baby alive.

The killer whale named Kiska at Canada's Marineland theme park, the country's last captive orca who swam alone in her tank for more than a decade, has died.

While James Cameron's ecological sci-fi fable "Avatar: The Way of Water" is vying for best picture at the Oscars, his fellow nominees in the documentary categories have been busy chronicling very real threats to our own planet.

Norwegian authorities are considering putting down a walrus that won hearts basking in the sun of the Oslo fjord, amid fears it is putting itself and the public in danger, they said on Aug. 11.

Scientists recently made a startling discovery whilst on an expedition to monitor permafrost on the Gydan Peninsula; a 1,000-year-old bronze cup from ancient Persia (modern day Iran). The discovery was made close to the Kara Sea, the furthest north such an artifact has been found.

The cup was likely brought to the region by ancient traders seeking walrus tusks, birds, and fur.

At least 35,000 walruses have beached themselves on a remote Alaskan coastline in a phenomenon blamed on the melting of arctic ice due to climate change, experts said Oct. 1.