Inuit hunters led researchers up a fjord in Greenland in pursuit of mysterious and shy narwhals. The geophysicists were hunting the sounds of the unique marine mammals called the “unicorns of the sea.

Many details have remained unknown about narwhals, the elusive tusked whales that dive in the icy waters of Canada’s High Arctic. But a new study from Florida Atlantic University is shedding light on ...

Newly published drone footage sheds light into narwhal behavior and provides the first-ever evidence of the animals engaging in play, according to a new study. Screengrab from Florida Atlantic ...

Back in medieval Europe, this animal's tusks were misleadingly sold as real unicorn horns. Royal families paid huge amounts ...

Narwhals are among the most elusive creatures in the ocean, with their long, spiralling tusks giving them an almost mythological quality. And whilst many people would pay good money to see these ...

Humans have long been fascinated with narwhal tusks. During the Middle Ages, the long, spiraled teeth — mistaken for unicorn horns — were the prized possessions of European royalty. And in the 19th ...