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narwhal

[nahr-wuhl] / ˈnɑr wəl /


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The fight against climate change has a new, spiral-tusked ally: the narwhal.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

An extended version of the ad also features a talking narwhal.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2024

It is also home to wildlife such as polar bears, muskoxen and the elusive narwhal.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2023

And while this shift isn't necessarily bad for the opportunistic cetaceans, which can adapt to a certain threshold of oceanic shifts, it places immense stress on endemic species like narwhal.

From Salon Mar. 7, 2023

Malia asks as she crawls onto her bed and hugs her stuffed narwhal.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

The narwhals, on the other hand, proved themselves adept scientists.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Menopause is known to exist in five species of toothed whale: short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and beluga whales.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2024

Her earlier research showed that eastern North Atlantic orcas primarily feed on herring; mid-North Atlantic orcas feed on seals and mackerel; and western North Atlantic orcas feed on baleen whales, porpoises, belugas, narwhals, and seals.

From National Geographic Oct. 11, 2023

True tusks are defined as continually growing teeth that stick out of the mouth, and narwhals are the only living cetaceans that have them.

From New York Times Jun. 13, 2023

What happened when all the new animals in the north killed off the arctic foxes and belugas and narwhals and polar bears that already lived there?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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