Narwhals are one of the most interesting and weirdest animals on the planet. These shy whales boast a long horn (that is actually a tooth) and live in the cold waters of the Arctic.

The narwhal, often referred to as the “unicorn of the sea” in a nod to its trademark tusk, has long remained an enigma. Scientists have observed few interactions of narwhals in their natural ...

Narwhals usually feed on deep-sea animals, such as squid or halibut. However, researchers observed narwhals hunting Arctic char closer to the ocean’s surface, which is a shift in their hunting ...

Narwhals have fascinated and confounded humans for centuries. The Peabody Essex Museum is diving into the mystery, history and science of the tusked “unicorns of the sea.” ...

Narwhal exploratory behavior The study team captured the groundbreaking footage using drones in Creswell Bay, on the eastern side of Somerset Island in Canada’s Nunavut territory, during the ...

Some of the narwhals with tusks seemed to use them in a playful way to explore and manipulate fish such as Arctic char, he says. They'd mess with it with their tusk and "flip it a few times," says ...

In more than one instance, narwhals chased arctic char but did not, strangely, try to catch and eat it. The whales even slowed down when necessary to keep the fish just off the tip of their tusks ...

Watching the narwhals interacting with the fish and each other, O'Corry-Crowe thought it looked like some kind of social learning, such as older whales teaching younger ones how to handle fish.

Narwhals observed being cute Researchers from Florida Atlantic University recently conducted a study on narwhal behavior, relying on drones to capture footage of behaviors never before observed ...