Much of what the world knows about the narwhal's picky eating habits comes from Laidre's research, particularly a 2005 study that offered the first evidence of the whales' winter diet, which is heavy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sara Tabin is a science contributor writing about animals. There’s no evidence that narwhals have magic horns, but their tusks are ...

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 “unicorns of the ...

Researchers have long debated what the 10-foot-long tooth that erupts from a narwhal’s head is actually for. Perhaps it has something to do with sexual selection, and males with longer horns attract ...

March 11 (UPI) --The tree ring-like layers of the Narwhal tusks have offered scientists fresh insights into the shifting dynamics of Arctic ecosystems, revealing the influence of climate change on the ...