Articles related to "Narwhal"
Dolphin Feature - The Narwhal
Most are familiar with the myth of the legendary unicorn. What if you could see a real, live, breathing creature who possessed a spiral horn?
• tusk
• cetacea
• delphinoidea
• arctic
• spiral
Narwhals Help Study Climate Change
Satellite transmitters attached to narwhals track their movements and give information on climate change in the High Arctic, where sea ice is receding rapidly.
• climate change
• sea temperature
• narwhal
• white whale
• receding sea ice
Unicorn Alive!
If you have heard of the unicorn legend, you might want to get to know a real animal existing today whose tusk sparked off this legend.
• unicorn
• legend
• narwhal
• whale
• tusk
Scrimshaw Work from Whaling Days
In the past whalers often scratched designs onto the teeth of Sperm Whales. Modern scrimshanders now use a variety of other materials to continue this tradition.
• scrimshaw
• scrimshanders
• sperm whale teeth
• walrus tusks
• narwhal horn
White Whales
Two related species are adapted to a life among the northern ice floes.
• beluga
• narwhal
• song
• echo-location
• tusk