DESCRIPTION: Walruses are easily distinguished by their long, white tusks, cinnamon-brown skin, grizzled whiskers ... predation, and human disturbances. A major threat to the Pacific walrus is oil and ...

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At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea ...

Northern lights are frequently associated with animals in folklore and mythology, reflecting the deep connection between natural phenomena and wildlife in human imagination ... en masse and breached, ...

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The future of burn and wound care is looking fishy—in a good way. New research suggests that a greater variety of fish skins ...

The prototype sunblock kept human skin up to 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) cooler than bare skin, or around 6 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius) cooler than existing sunscreens.

(Submitted by Etidloi Adla) The walrus, or aiviq in Inuktitut, has been an important resource for Inuit for many generations. Almost every part of the animal is used: the blubber as fuel, the skin for ...

Scientists have discovered that future robots might be able to gauge how you are feeling by just touching human skin. According to a new study published in the journal IEEE Access, researchers ...

stretchy skin -- like that of a pig or human -- significantly lessens the underlying damage that occurs when it's punctured. Pig skin even outperforms synthetic materials that are designed ...

The climbing costs of raising a kid, a top law school's reckoning over discrimination, struggles for sovereignty in the Arctic, and more. The Walrus is located within the bounds of Treaty 13 signed ...

For one virtuous, ambitious month in 2016, I logged each book I read in a journal, handwrote a few hundred words of reflection (from one entry: “Felt a bit Canlitty, in that it set itself narrow ...