A dogged search for walrus ivory may have brought two unlikely cultures together — the Thule Inuits of the Arctic and the Norse of Greenland — hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus set ...

At its peak, walrus ivory was a valuable medieval commodity ... the East and down to the Black Sea in the south. A raid on Constantinople, the then-centre of the Byzantine Empire was unsuccessful ...

Recently discovered evidence, however, indicates Norse sailors weren’t only the first Europeans to likely meet Indigenous societies—genetic analysis of walrus DNA indicates their ivory trade ...

However, a recent study of medieval artifacts from across Europe suggests it may have been due to the over-hunting of walrus. The ivory from walrus tusks was a valuable commodity in medieval times ...

The Crusades prevented elephant ivory trade via the Middle East so walruses from the Arctic became important sources of the commodity. However, the precise sources of the traded walrus ivory and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Most likely, Vikings had begun settling in southern Greenland by the end of the 10th century. The settlements grew over time ...

As well as the skull fragments, a layer of earth dating back to the 1100s also had embedded in it carved pieces of ivory from walrus tusks, gold wire, glass fragments, an iron sword from Germany ...

A Pa. House Bill is under consideration to stop the sale of at-risk animal parts in Pennsylvania. Under cover investigation ...

A man attempting to illegally export items made from elephant and walrus ivory has received a suspended prison sentence. Peter Maw, 65, of Duke Street, Cheltenham was charged in October 2019 ...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man living in southwestern Washington has pleaded guilty to trafficking whale, elephant and walrus ivory. The Justice Department said in a news release ...