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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 a ...

James Deutsch | Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Marine biologists may be able to tell us why the narwhal has a distinctive spiraling tusk, but their scientific ...

The narwhal's spiraling tusk has a way of hypnotizing those who study it. The 17th-century Danish zoologist Olaus Wörm, for example, grew fascinated with these ivory spars, struggling to unveil their ...

For centuries, the purpose of a narwhal’s tusk has eluded explanation. Now, researchers suggest that these small whales use their tusks as sensory organs and speculate that sensing changes in seawater ...

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 ...

The Narwhal and Jelly publishing phenomenon started with an idea about a delightful friendship between a whale who is up for any adventure and a gelatinous sidekick who often raises his eyebrow in ...