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

Since he was a child, Martin Nweeia, DMD (DEN ’84), has been fascinated with teeth—from the human variety to the 9-foot spear-shaped tusk that grows out of the head of the narwhal, an Arctic whale.

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 ...

In narwhals, the left tooth erupts from their head, reaching more than 8-feet-long in some individuals. The tusk grows out in a spiral pattern, giving the appearance of a sea-dwelling unicorn ...

Not much is known about the species of whale but new drone footage reveals at least one purpose for their mysterious tusks. More from Science Narwhals are an endangered species, with most of them ...

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

Two Tennessee men pleaded guilty in early January to selling tusks from over 100 narwhals over a 10-year period. The sales, conducted over the Internet and directly to known collectors, reaped more ...

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 ...

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 ...