The meme sums it up: Narwhals, swimming in the ocean and causing a commotion, really are awesome. The “unicorns of the sea” have fascinated mariners and royalty for centuries, yet scientists still don ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Narwhals are an endangered species, with most of them residing in remote areas of Canada. Not much is known about the species of whale but new drone footage reveals ...

They are elusive, but the "unicorn" of the sea not only exists in some of the coldest water on earth but thrives.

Our marine mammal expert Richard Sabin takes us through what scientists know – and don’t know – about narwhals, also known as unicorns of the sea. Ask a world-leading scientist a silly question, get a ...

Gnarls Narwhal (they/them) is the official mascot for The New School, a social justice advocate, and the first and only sea mammal to earn a BA/BFA dual degree from The New School. Gnarls is a Pisces.

Scientists who fitted heart rate-monitoring tags to Arctic narwhals have discovered a strange paradox in how the animals respond to threats. When these tusked whales are frightened, their hearts ...

The magnificent narwhal - a beast that has inspired monarchs and intrigued scientists - has quite the reputation. The spotted whales, found mostly in Greenland and Canada, are striking because of ...

What’s more, Inuit hunters have observed these whales breaking ice over half a metre thick – ice strong enough to support a ...

That was the question we set out to answer for both bowhead whales and narwhals. Our goal was to understand how the historic exploitation of these two species may influence their ability to ...

WWF is supporting a new project to track narwhals, Arctic whales best known for the long tusk that projects forward from their faces. Canada - WWF is supporting a new project to track narwhals, Arctic ...