When they often haul out on land, it is usually only temporary — they return to the water and their icy homes as soon is possible. Walrus tusks will grow several feet during their lifetimes.

With tusks like an elephant and the body of an overgrown seal, the Pacific walrus is one blubbery beast. This ungainly animal, often gathered en masse on rocky beaches or seen riding ice floes, dives ...

RANGE: The Pacific walrus is found in the arctic waters of the Bering ... Fighting occurs between males who “joust” with their tusks. Mating takes place in the water; gestation lasts 15 to 16 months.

MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. Domodedovo customs officers have found the tusks of an endangered walrus species in a passenger’s luggage, Russia’s Federal Customs Service reported. According to it ...

From their unmistakable tusks to their characteristic bristles (the envy of many a ‘Movember’ moustache!), the walrus is one of the Arctic’s most iconic species, and today (Sunday 24 ...