ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Large herds of Pacific walrus have begun gathering on the northwest coast of Alaska, again forsaking sea ice for sand in what has become a symbol of climate warming in the region.
At the far reaches of the North, in these realms of ice and auroras, the walrus shares the floe with the howling winds, watching over one of Earth’s last wild refuges. Its sanctuaries are the Arctic ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Today, responding to a court-ordered deadline, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized long-overdue reports documenting the status of polar bears and Pacific walrus in Alaska.