A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the Arctic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said ...

More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military ...

With their iconic long tusks, blubbery bodies, and cute whiskered faces, walruses are not only impressive in looks but also in their behaviors and significance to the ecology of the planet.

Pacific walruses are harvested in Russia and Alaska ... will likely also mean an expanding anthropogenic footprint in the Arctic,” Johnson said. “More human activity (e.g., shipping lanes ...

On a nearly ice-free August morning, walruses ... from the Russian industrial city of Norilsk—one of the world’s most polluted places—sometimes drifts into the Canadian Arctic.

Russia has invested heavily in its Arctic military footprint in recent years. Its northernmost Nagurskoye air base on Siberia’s northern coast hosts nuclear-capable strategic bombers ...

the walrus is one of the Arctic’s most iconic species, and today (Sunday 24 November) is World Walrus Day! There are two main subspecies of walrus, Atlantic and Pacific, with an estimated 25,000 ...

Arctic sea ice is again being pushed to record lows this northern summer, according to a report by Nick Sundt in the WWF US Climate blog, with the forced migration to shore of thousands of walrus ...