The walrus was almost rendered extinct by the 1800s due to hunting, as the animal had a range of valued parts for humans. By the mid-20th century, walrus hunting was made illegal for most people. The ...

Archaeologists had assumed that walrus hunting by the Norse had happened only in southern Greenland, where they had settled. But in her 2024 thesis, Ruiz-Puerta studied the genetic fingerprints of ...

But melting sea ice means these predators have a whole new feeding ground to hunt in. And they hunt walrus. On land, polar bears are also attracted to large haulouts - and the smell of carcasses. They ...