Walruses

This July 31, 2012 photo provided by the Alaska SeaLife Center shows two of three orphaned walrus calves cared for at the center in Seward. The three males are believed to be from the same group of walruses that floated on ice past Barrow, the nation's northernmost city on Alaska's northern coast, on July 17.

Rescued walrus calf dies at Seward rehabilitation center

One of three walrus calves found on a beach near Barrow has died at the Alaska SeaLife Center. Another is in critical condition but the third is healthy enough to be moved to a public display area.

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WALRUSES

Coast Guard helps transport 2 more orphaned walruses

The Coast Guard has come to the rescue of two orphaned walrus calves found near Barrow. The Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward says there were no commercial flights available to transport the calves, so the Coast Guard stepped in.
WALRUSES

Alaska SeaLife Center treats orphaned walrus calf

A male Pacific walrus calf is under the care of the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward after it apparently was separated from a herd near Barrow and discovered by fishermen in a lagoon. It's the first walrus calf at the center in five years.
MARINE WILDLIFE

Federal Marine Mammals Commission begins Anchorage meeting

The federal Marine Mammal Commission began four days of meetings today in Anchorage.
WALRUSES

Alaska walruses changing behavior due to warmer seas

Scientists have unveiled new video documentation of what they say is another stunning effect of the world's steadily warming oceans: the unusual haul-out of as many as 20,000 walruses off the coast of Alaska.
WILDLIFE NEWS

State seeks to quantify cost of endangered species restrictions

The state of Alaska is soliciting proposals for a $350,000 analysis of the economic costs of Endangered Species Act listings. According to the solicitation, the economic impacts are "substantial," but the state wants a more accurate estimate.
WALRUSES

Walrus herds gather on Alaska's northwest shore

Large herds of Pacific walrus have begun gathering on the northwest coast of Alaska, again forsaking sea ice for sand in what has become a symbol of climate warming in the region.
ALASKA NEWSREADER

Walruses again headed toward shore in Northwest Alaska

Retreating sea ice this summer is again forcing walruses to haul out onshore in Northwest Alaska, say researchers who continue to worry that this increasing behavior will lead to more stampede deaths among young animals that are crushed by adults. Live Science reports that U.S. Geological...
CRIME

Two charged with killing walrus in Round Island sanctuary

Two Togiak men face a series of charges -- from shooting federally protected walrus in a state santuary to wasting game to drunken driving -- after witnesses caught them on film earlier this month, troopers say.
CRIME

3 charged in scheme to sell walrus tusks, bear hides

A Glennallen couple is accused of illegally trading cigarettes, guns, snowmachines and other goods for walrus tusks and polar bear hides during visits to an Alaska Native village over the past year.
CRIME

3 Alaskans indicted in scheme to traffic bear hides, walrus tusks

Three Glennallen residents have been charged in a plot to illegally buy polar bear hides and hundreds of pounds of walrus tusks from the St. Lawrence Island village of Savoonga and market them online. Two also face weapons charges.