On one occasion, police blocked off a bathing area after the walrus chased a woman into the water, local media say. Last week, Norway's fisheries ministry issued a photograph of a large group of ...

Norway is more than just mountains and the northern ... and thus conserving them is important. The walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, is a large marine mammal known for its impressive tusks and whiskered ...

With tusks like an elephant and the body of an overgrown seal, the Pacific walrus is one blubbery beast. This ungainly animal, often gathered en masse on rocky beaches or seen riding ice floes, dives ...