On one occasion, police blocked off a bathing area after the walrus chased a woman into the water, local media say. Last week, Norway's fisheries ministry issued a photograph of a large group of ...

A tourist visiting the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been fined more than $1,100 (£900) for getting too close to a walrus. Members of the public alerted officals when they saw a ...

A tourist has been fined the equivalent of £900 for getting too close to a walrus in Arctic Norway. Members of the public saw the man walk out onto an ice floe in the Svalbard archipelago on ...

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 ...