Using the technology has long been considered a way to listen without disturbing. Scientists make surprising discovery while ...

The narwhal-beluga hybrid skull. Mikkel Høegh Post/Natural History Museum Of Denmark In the 1980s, a subsistence hunter caught three unusual-looking whales in Greenland’s Disko Bay. They had flippers ...

Chaos theory improves understanding of Arctic narwhal behavior, with the aim of helping efforts to protect this vulnerable species. Researchers have used the mathematical equations of chaos theory to ...

One of the most recognizable animals of the sea, the narwhal, is even more unique than their looks would suggest, according to a new study of their genetics released this week. It found that the ...

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 ...

Skull was donated by an Inuit hunter in 1990. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- A mysterious whale skull came from the first and only known hybrid of a beluga and a narwhal, a new ...

But, years after revisiting the anomaly, a group of Danish researchers decided it was a hybrid whale all along. The unique skull, they say, was the result of a forbidden romance between a narwhal ...

A female narwhal was found last month on a beach in northern Ireland. While some experts believe it's a sign of a changing ...

So Narwhals. You probably already know that Narwhals inhabit the Arctic Ocean. But it’s not like if you went to the Arctic there would be back to back Narwhals. There is no big Narwhal carpet you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Following up on this, a study was recently published that ...

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 ...