Archaeologists from an international research team, led by academics at Lund University, Sweden, have uncovered Viking-era ...

From their unmistakable tusks to their characteristic bristles (the envy of many a ‘Movember’ moustache!), the walrus is one ...

This story appears in the May 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The office of ... a pair of carved walrus tusks, ...

A remote Arctic island makes an unusual honeymoon destination. But for one couple it was perfect, and led to a touching reunion with a long-lost childhood friend, writes Juliet Rix. Walruses ...

They live on coastlines, ice floes, and shallow waters along the Arctic Ocean's edges. Walruses typically live in shallow waters, which is where they rest and forage. However, they are good ...

Unbeknownst to them, the families were the first Inuit to be used as pawns in the geopolitical chess match we call Arctic ...

The five-year project, in cooperation with scientists from around the Arctic, aims to deliver a whole population census of the Atlantic and Laptev Walrus using satellite imagery and explore what ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...

As the planet heats up, the summer sea ice and all the superbly adapted life it supports—the bears, the seals, the walruses, the whales, the Arctic cod, the crustaceans, the ice algae—may well ...

See where Arctic cruises go—think icy fjords, tundras, and remote islands. Find out the amazing spots waiting for you up in ...

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