narwhal
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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
The list includes a Queen's Gallantry Medal for Darryn Frost who used a narwhal tusk to fend off Usman Khan outside the Fishmongers' Hall event.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2023
In her singular imaginings, mermaids swim up to watch TV news about their planet, ships play tag with giant squid, and humans get up close and personal with a purple narwhal with blue wings.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
He’s incredible but real—a narwhal, not a unicorn.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
But narwhals are themselves "losers in the climate game," noted Heide-Jorgensen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
They found females of five "menopausal" species - narwhals and beluga, short-finned pilot, false killer and killer whales - lived about four decades longer than other toothed whales.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
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
But I know she’d rather save black rhinos or narwhals.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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