Scientists were able to capture rare audio of narwhal vocalizations as several swam through a fjord in Greenland, and they discovered that these elusive whales make some familiar sounds underwater.

You’d think that narwhals couldn’t be more enchanting. These elusive, ice-dodging, deep-diving whales have 10-foot snaggletoothed tusks, and they see with sound. But then there’s the narwhal of east ...

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Narwhals have been caught on camera colliding with deep ocean monitors. The mysterious toothed whale species native to the ...

Narwhals are among the most elusive of whales. But for the first time, researchers have been able to eavesdrop on the creatures for days at a time as these unicorns of the sea dove, fed and socialized ...

Narwhals have been having a moment in the last few years. These elusive “unicorns of the sea" have graduated from unappreciated Arctic animals to become meme bait, plushies and the subject of a really ...

Listen to the sounds of social interactions among narwhals in East Greenland. IMAGE: SUSANNA BLACKWELL. AUDIO: PLOS ONE. In a study published in PLOS One yesterday (June 13), scientists report being ...

Marine biologists, with help from Inuit whalers, have assembled an unprecedented collection of narwhal vocalizations, offering fresh insights into the behaviors of these near-mythical creatures.

Known as "Arctic unicorns," narwhals are pretty shy. They often spend their time under deep, frozen Arctic waters or in the glacial fjords of Canada and Greenland during the summer, which is why ...

This is a part of Oceans Month, where we explore the science throughout the world’s oceans and meet the people who study them. Want to dive in with us? Find all of our stories here. The narwhal has ...

Scientists were able to capture rare audio of narwhal vocalizations as several swam through a fjord in Greenland, and they discovered that these elusive whales make some familiar sounds underwater.