The term “narwhal” is Scandinavian and means “corpse whale”, which refers to the creature’s mottle grey-black skin colour – the colour of a corpse. In fact when they are born ...

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 ...

Narwhals have fascinated and confounded humans for centuries. Now an exhibition at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum is diving into the mystery, history and science of these elusive tusked ...

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 ...