As if the surface in the Arctic seas isn’t cold enough for narwhals, radiotelemetry studies have revealed that narwhals ...

SHARON, Conn. (AP) — The narwhal is one of the most mythical and unusual members of the whale family, with its left front tooth, or tusk, that juts about 8 feet into the air, resembling an ivory sword ...

Martin Nweeia is a modern Renaissance man. He has a degree in English and biology, a working dental practice, and a side interest in zoology and anthropology; he has composed for documentary films and ...

It?s about a quart,” she said. If the secrets of spit don?t make your mouth water, you might want to peruse the newest exhibit, The Narwhal: A Whale of A Tooth, now on display through August.

Some whales are baleen whales and others are toothed whales. And then you have the narwhal, which falls in the latter group but really is famous for just one of those teeth. The spiraled narwhal tusk, ...

We'll hear next about Arctic waters and a creature sometimes called the unicorn of the sea. It's the narwhal, a whale with a long, straight tusk, which was sometimes sold as a unicorn horn to gullible ...

It’s got a single tooth – one that shoots straight out of its head. But this tooth isn’t used for chomping and chewing. It's more like a spear. And much like the creature itself, it's a thing of ...

Like belugas and bowheads, which also inhabit arctic waters, narwhals are about 50 percent body fat; other whales are closer to 20 or 30 percent. No one has ever seen a submerged narwhal eat. Laidre ...

Every year, a new growth layer is added to the narwhal's spiralled tusk. The individual layers act as an archive of data that reveals what and where the animal has eaten, providing a glimpse of how ...

As much as I applaud scientific research that reveals nature’s secrets, I feel a sense of satisfaction when some natural ...