The vast majority of narwhals live in the waters off Canada and Greenland. Males weigh on average 1,600 kg and grow to about 4.7 metres long, females 900 kg and four metres.

This unfortunate event did not deter other institutions from attempting similar feats. In 1970, Vancouver Aquarium took on the challenge, acquiring a narwhal named Keela Luguk in hopes of drawing ...

Modern DNA technology has confirmed a strange-looking whale skull with weird, twisted teeth collected by a hunter decades ago belongs to the offspring of a narwhal mother and beluga father.

Drone footage has captured narwhals using their iconic long tusks to engage in previously unseen behaviour, including to play with their food. The Arctic whale species, an inspiration for mythical ...

In total, the researchers newly identified and described 17 distinct behaviors of narwhals involving prey. The findings revealed a wide range of interactions and dynamics between narwhals and fish as ...

“Narwhals use echolocation clicks primarily for navigation and foraging, and these clicks can be consistently detected in our acoustic recordings when narwhals are present nearby,” says Jack ...

A two-month-old beluga whale calf swims with her mother, Qila, at the Vancouver Aquarium on Tuesday August 12, 2008. Scientists have discovered that beluga whales go through menopause. (Darryl ...

Scientists previously thought the narwhal’s trademark tusk helps males compete for mates, but new evidence suggests it may also have a role in foraging and play.