Unlikely allies: U.S. and Russia work together on walrus

USGS Wildlife Biologist working at a haulout near Point Lay, Alaska. (Photo by Ryan Kingsbery/USGS)
USGS Wildlife Biologist working at a haulout near Point Lay, Alaska. (Photo by Ryan Kingsbery/USGS)

What brought Soviet Russia and the U.S. together during the Cold War? Walruses.

Now a new federal database, created with over a century of information, shows where those animals haul out on both sides of the border. And that’s especially important as sea ice disappears and the animals spend more time on land. Read more at http://bit.ly/2amRxlR.

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