The chessman is a king on horseback made out of walrus ivory. It was probably made in Germany or Scandinavia and is one of the finest chessmen of medieval date found in England. The loss of such a ...

A new analysis of ancient walrus-ivory artifacts has yielded some clues, however. By tracing the DNA held inside more than 30 objects collected around the Viking Atlantic – as well as some ...

In 1964, an antiques dealer in Scotland purchased a walrus ivory chess piece for £5, or roughly $100 in today’s currency. For over 55 years, he kept the piece in a drawer, seemingly unaware of its ...

Etidloi and Elijjah Aatami Adla, along with some other friends, went out on a boat to find the walrus last summer. They all ...

Born Free celebrates the addition of other ivory-bearing species including hippos, narwhals, sperm whales and killer whales ...

The walrus crate is a Rust library for performing WebAssembly transformations in a robust and ergonomic fashion. The crate is still in its early days but is currently used to power the wasm-bindgen ...

Whale shark Their skin can be up to 10 centimetres thick, offering protection against predators and harsh ocean conditions. Elephant Elephants boast skin up to 2.5 centimetres thick, providing ...

The notion that we can confine our attention to what’s happening at home feels increasingly naive in the face of global interconnectedness. At The Walrus, we’ve sought to capture this reality, delving ...

From Ukraine to India, stories that reverberate far past their borders ...

Sail through Russia's remote Arctic frontier of Severnaya Zemlya, where polar bears roam and untold mysteries await in ...

Under the giraffe photo, Foster wrote, “Reticulated giraffe shot on the Tana River Country. We measure it at 17 feet from bottom of hoof to the top horn on his head. Not much sport in shooting as a ...

Glimpse Russia's isolated Arctic port of Provideniya, where indigenous cultures and pristine wilderness create an ...