Among the more bizarre aesthetic features found in the animal kingdom is the narwhal’s tusk. Protruding up to 10 feet from the whale’s head, the spiral of ivory has earned these creatures the ...

“The precision with which they wielded their tusks, it wasn’t like a broadsword. It was like a surgical instrument or the bow of a violin.” In research published last month in the journal ...

Narwhal tusks are the stuff of legends, literally. Growing up to ten feet long, they were once believed by some medieval cultures to be the horns of mythical creatures like the unicorn — not to ...

Screengrab from Florida Atlantic University, YouTube Humans have long been fascinated with narwhal tusks. During the Middle Ages, the long, spiraled teeth — mistaken for unicorn horns — were ...

(Image Credit: O’Corry-Crowe, FAU/Watt, DFO) The Arctic's iconic narwhal, renowned for its long, spiral tusk, is one of nature's most fascinating creatures. Yet, few have witnessed how these elusive ...