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.” ...

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.

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 ...

An 18-foot-long fiberglass narwhal moved into the Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, SC on Monday. It's the star of a new exhibit opening on Feb. 3 called "Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Narwhals are whales that have one giant tooth, or tusk, that sticks out from their face. The tusk is a donation from benefactors Peter and Joan Dirlam, the press release reads.

Humans have long been fascinated with narwhal tusks. During the Middle Ages, the long, spiraled teeth — mistaken for unicorn horns — were the prized possessions of European royalty. And in the ...