The habitat of walruses is changing drastically due to the rapid warming of the Arctic and it is essential to better understand them to ensure their survival as a species. (Photo: Julia Hager) Counting wild animals with the help of satellite images is probably the...
Thanks to a hunting ban, walrus populations on Svalbard have recovered and now count high populations. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) Walruses were once abundant in the Svalbard archipelago, but 350 years of unchecked hunting brought them to the brink of extinction. Walruses...
Walruses are having an increasingly difficult time finding suitable resting places on the sea ice in light of the rapid warming in the Arctic. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger Scientists are more frequently using satellite imagery to monitor and count animal populations in...
Walruses(Odobenus rosmarus) are the largest seals in the Arctic. They live in seasonally ice-covered waters of the Arctic. Photo: Julia Hager Over thousands of years, the Inuit have passed on their knowledge of animal migrations, animal behavior, ice conditions, and...
Walruses prefer flat beach sections due to their size and way of life, on which they can crawl up and where they can rest from their dives. The depth of the sea is also a prerequirement: not too deep and with many buried mussels for food. Mostly they lie on the beach...
