In a truly bizarre moment, scientists observed three narwhals nudging, pushing, and seemingly ‘playing’ with a fish without eating it. This unexpected behaviour suggests that, just like humans, ...

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 ...

The long, spiral tusks of narwhals could be used by these Arctic whales to stun or even kill prey, according to wildlife researchers who have spied on these elusive creatures using drones. They ...

In a warming Arctic, noise from growing shipping traffic is interfering with the ability of narwhals to hunt and communicate.

Narwhals have been caught on camera colliding with deep ocean monitors. The mysterious toothed whale species native to the Arctic have been involved in “hundreds” of incidents with underwater ...

The cold waters of the Arctic are home to an unusual whale that you might have heard of, the narwhal. Narwhals have a long, sharp tusk that juts out of their heads. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce ...