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Carcasses of dead walruses spotted on Alaska coast
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska's northwest coast.
Walruses congregate on Alaska shore as ice melts
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Thousands of walruses are congregating on Alaska's northwest coast, a sign that their Arctic sea ice environment has been altered by climate change.
Partial walrus estimate alarms conservation group
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A partial federal assessment of Pacific walruses estimates their minimum population at just 15,164 but says the count likely missed a number of animals.
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Fossil evidence of missing link in the origin of seals, sea lions, walruses found in Canadian Arctic
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the United States and Canada have found a fossil skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini. New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the ...
Explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic
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Feb 15, 2009 |
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Earth's unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a trove of secrets to Census of Marine Life explorers, who were especially surprised to find at least 235 species live in both ...
Study Finds Beaked Whales' Tusks Evolved Through Sexual Selection Process
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Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, scientists have wondered why only males of the rarely seen family of beaked whales have “tusks,” since they are squid-eaters and in many of the species, these elaborately modified ...
CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2008 |
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New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of ...
Russian-American research team examines origins of whaling culture
Apr 05, 2008 |
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Recent findings by a Russian-American research team suggest that prehistoric cultures were hunting whales at least 3,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than was previously known. University of Alaska Museum of the North archaeology ...
Melting Arctic ice affecting walrus calves
Apr 13, 2006 |
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Scientists have reported an unprecedented number of unaccompanied and possibly abandoned walrus calves in the Arctic Ocean.
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