Narwhals have fascinated and confounded humans for centuries. Now an exhibition at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum is diving into the mystery, history and science of these elusive tusked “unicorns of the ...

Martin Nweeia is a modern Renaissance man. He has a degree in English and biology, a working dental practice, and a side interest in zoology and anthropology; he has composed for documentary films and ...

It?s about a quart,” she said. If the secrets of spit don?t make your mouth water, you might want to peruse the newest exhibit, The Narwhal: A Whale of A Tooth, now on display through August.

SHARON, Conn. (AP) — The narwhal is one of the most mythical and unusual members of the whale family, with its left front tooth, or tusk, that juts about 8 feet into the air, resembling an ivory sword ...

Greenville, S.C. – From its depiction in the 1500s as an angry sea monster to its portrayal as a unicorn of the sea and now as an icon of pop culture, the narwhal with its unique spiral tusk will rise ...

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CHRIS. THANK YOU. PART OF THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM IN GREENVILLE IS TRANSFORMING INTO THE ARCTIC FOR A NEW EXHIBIT. AND THE 18 FOOT LONG STAR OF THE EXHIBIT MOVED IN TODAY.

With a fabled ability to purify tainted water or heal ailments, the narwhal's spiraling tusk was highly coveted during the Middle Ages when it was mistaken for a unicorn's horn. As narwhals (Monodon ...

"This book is the companion to the exhibit, "Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend" at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, opening August 2017."-- Verso of title page. ANTH ...

Narwhal tusks are the stuff of legends, literally. Growing up to ten feet long, they were once believed by some medieval cultures to be the horns of mythical creatures like the unicorn — not to ...