Walruses feed almost exclusively on small molluscs. How do they get them out of the sea floor? With their tusks, it was assumed for a long time. Not true. (Image: Heiner Kubny) By Peter Balwin Around the North Pole lives an animal that has always appealed to man...
In an interview with Vestiprim.ru, Yuri Trutnev indicated that tourism in the Russian Far East should be promoted. This requires new ships and aircraft. (Photo: Vestiprim) The representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal...
In search of food, a polar bear observes the walrus colony from a safe distance. (Foto: Rosamaria Kubny) Scientists have observed polar bears on the Taimyr Peninsula in recent years and have noticed changes in their usual behavior, said Pavel Kochkaryov, director of...
Earlier than in the past years the walruses come to the beach of Point Lay due to the lack of sea ice in the Chukchi Sea. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Pacific walruses started to gather earlier than usual on land, on a beach at the Chukchi Sea. The...