Anglerfish have invisible fangs, narwhal tusks are extra-long canines, and more facts from the weird and wonderful study of ...

2. A narwhal’s tusk is actually a tooth. The narwhal’s scientific name, Monodon monoceros, refers to their singular characteristic and means “one tooth, one horn.” The narwhal’s tusk appears to be ...

Male and female narwhals only have two teeth, which are both in the upper jaw. The male’s iconic, spiralling tusk is in fact a canine tooth. It can grow up to three metres long. Narwhal tusks were ...

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The exhibit features a life sized model of an 18-foot narwhal and also contains a nearly 9-foot cast of a real narwhal tusk that people can stand next to. There are also plenty of interactive displays ...

In the late stages of the 16th century, European explorers reached the Arctic and came across the narwhal, a species of whale ...

A man has described how he fought off the London Bridge knifeman with a narwhal tusk before pinning him to the ground to help end the attack. Darryn Frost, 38, was seen in pictures confronting ...

Darryn Frost had fought the attacker with a narwhal tusk on display at Fishmongers' Hall Members of the public who tackled the man behind the London Bridge attack in 2019 are among the recipients ...

WWF is supporting a new project to track narwhals, Arctic whales best known for the long tusk that projects forward from their faces. Canada - WWF is supporting a new project to track narwhals, Arctic ...