The narwhal is one of the Arctic's most mysterious whales, famous for its extraordinary spiraling tusk that can grow nearly ...

The magnificent narwhal — a beast that has inspired monarchs and intrigued scientists — has quite the reputation. The spotted whales, found mostly in Greenland and Canada, are striking because of a ...

The narwhal's spiraling tusk has a way of hypnotizing those who study it. The 17th-century Danish zoologist Olaus Wörm, for example, grew fascinated with these ivory spars, struggling to unveil their ...

After 7,000 inquiries and a viral debut, the puppy with a tail growing out of its forehead has come full circle. Narwhal, as the tyke rescued from a garbage dump was aptly dubbed, has been adopted by ...

Narwhal is a little different from the other puppies. He has a perfect little tail growing out of the middle of his forehead, which is the opposite end from where dogs usually have their tails. Mac’s ...

For centuries, the purpose of a narwhal’s tusk has eluded explanation. Now, researchers suggest that these small whales use their tusks as sensory organs and speculate that sensing changes in seawater ...

Researchers have long debated what the 10-foot-long tooth that erupts from a narwhal’s head is actually for. Perhaps it has something to do with sexual selection, and males with longer horns attract ...

Narwhals have been dubbed the “unicorns of the sea” because of the striking spiral “horns” that protrude from their heads. In the medieval times, narwhal tusks were prized because they were believed ...

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers studying narwhal and beluga whales in their native Arctic ecosystem has found what appears to be a correlation between testes mass and tusk length in ...

Narwhals are often called the unicorns of the sea. The long tusk of the male narwhal sets these whales apart, but it's not the only thing that makes Monodon monoceros among the most intriguing and ...