Narwhals, Monodon monoceros, are toothed whales that live mostly in Arctic coastal waters and inlets. Male and female narwhals only have two teeth, which are both in the upper jaw. The male’s iconic, ...

What's more, Inuit hunters have observed these whales breaking ice over half a meter thick—ice strong enough to support a ...

Here’s what we do know. Like their cousins, beluga whales, narwhals spend their whole lives in cold Arctic seas. Most are ...

Scientists who fitted heart rate-monitoring tags to Arctic narwhals have discovered a strange paradox in how the animals respond to threats. When these tusked whales are frightened, their hearts ...

Since he was a child, Martin Nweeia, DMD (DEN ’84), has been fascinated with teeth—from the human variety to the 9-foot spear-shaped tusk that grows out of the head of the narwhal, an Arctic whale.

Known for its long spiral horn, the narwhal is a medium-sized whale found in cold Arctic waters near Canada, Greenland and Russia. But due to the species’ unique habitat that is rapidly transforming — ...

Writing on Facebook, Ms Steffen said Narwhal, named after a species of whale that has a single large "tusk", had visited the vet on Tuesday. And X-rays had showed his secondary tail, about a third ...

That was the question we set out to answer for both bowhead whales and narwhals. Our goal was to understand how the historic exploitation of these two species may influence their ability to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Narwhals are an endangered species, with most of them residing in remote areas of Canada. Not much is known about the species of whale but new drone footage reveals ...

Narwhal (a) and beluga (b) individuals detected from panchromatic WorldView-3 satellite images at a 1:265 scale. Republished under a CC BY license, with permission from Maxar Technologies ...