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.
In Medieval Europe, there was an enormous demand for elite products, among them—walrus ivory. With the Vikings playing a ...
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and WWF are using satellite imagery to identify where walrus rest in the summer months to see how they may be affected by the climate crisis as a part of their six ...
“They not only indicate that the primitive walrus species had an ability to ... 11 cm long and 1.5 cm thick, appears to be part of the right lower jawbone of a nearly adult Neotherium around ...
Your students can help search for walrus in the thousands of images that will be gathered by satellites over five years. All you need is access to a computer or tablet and an internet connection to ...
A walrus rostrum (upper jaw bone ... and may once have been part of an ecclesiastical treasury in France (catalogue number MHNLM 2004.3.53).