Simonee, who sells the tusks from the narwhals he hunts, had never caught an animal with such a long tusk before— 2.5 metres. “My father was jealous when I showed him the tusk I got,” he said.

The tusks range from less than a metre to more than two metres, and typically sell for $1,000 to $7,000 each, Kania said.

Male narwhals have a straight tusk that can measure up to 2.5 metres long. The narwhal is a protected species in the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

A trailer used in smuggling narwhal tusks is displayed by wildlife enforcement officers from Environment Canada in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.

The tusk that showed up at Goodwill is small, so it likely belonged to a young male narwhal, between the ages of 3 and 5, Dr. Black said. In the Arctic, tusks sell for about $100 to $200 a foot ...

The tusks range from 0.91 metres to more than 2.44 metres, and typically sell for $1,000 to $7,000 each, Kania said.

A former Royal Canadian Mounted policeman accused of smuggling $2 million worth of narwhal tusks into the United States is now in custody, pending his trial on money laundering charges, the U.S ...

BANGOR, MAINE—A retired RCMP officer accused of smuggling narwhal tusks across the border pleaded guilty Wednesday in a U.S. court to 10 money-laundering counts. Prosecutors said Gregory Logan ...

STEPHEN, N.B. – Environment Canada says a New Brunswick man has received a record fine under a law that protects wild animals and plants after about 250 narwhal ivory tusks were exported into ...

Canada New footage reveals what narwhals actually use their tusks for Before this new video evidence, Canadian scientists could only theorize the purposes behind the narwhal’s iconic tusk.

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 ...