“The main concern is that the virus could jump on humans and cause a new pandemic”, scientists warn. The first case of a walrus dying from bird flu has been detected on Hopen Island in the Norwegian ...

A tourist visiting the most northern settlement in the world was fined for getting too close to a walrus sleeping on an ice floe. Authorities in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard were alerted when ...

The unidentified man, wearing yellow pants and a black hooded coat, can be seen standing footsteps away from the large animal residing in the remote Isfjorden on Svalbard’s Spitsbergen island.

People in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard called authorities when they saw a man climb onto an ice floe to approach a resting walrus. The tourist was fined about $1,100. Good morning. I'm ...

Under local law, it is illegal to cause unnecessary disturbance to wildlife in Svalberg, which lies halfway between the northern coast of mainland Norway and the North Pole. The Svalbard Environment ...

A walrus rests on the shore of the Borebukta Bay, located at the northwestern side of Isfjorden, in the Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway, on May 3, 2022. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/ via Getty ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. It's home to a multitude of unique life forms, ...

My life-long fascination with wildlife led to my career in conservation. Without the time or finances in my younger years to engage in wildlife travel expeditions, now retired, my wife and I have been ...

Paul Souders is an American nature and wildlife photographer who has travelled extensively around the world. Here we present a series of his images taken in the Arctic, mostly in Svalbard, an ...

A Greenlandic-Danish team of researchers has attached satellite tags to walruses in west Greenland. Over the coming months, they hope to uncover the mystery of where this population migrates to over ...