Walrus on the sand beach and boat. Detail portrait of Walrus with big white tusk, Odobenus rosmarus, big animal in nature habitat on Svalbard, Norway. Vessel and big animal on the beach.© Ondrej ...

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Norway have euthanized a walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding that it posed a risk to humans. The 600-kilogram (1,320-pound) ...

In celebration of World Walrus Day, National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson talks about his new documentary on the saber-toothed seals Jack Tamisiea As a paleobotanist, Kirk Johnson’s ...

Robert Qaummaluk Lisbourne remembers how, when he was growing up, walruses started to beach near Point Lay in large numbers. It was always an exciting time for local hunters. But he said a stream of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of Pacific walruses have again gathered on the northwest shore of Alaska as the Chukchi Sea approaches its annual sea ice minimum. Residents of the Inupiaq village ...

Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. on KPBs 2 and Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV In the Arctic seas between Alaska ...