Science news articles about 'narwhal'

The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal.

... narwhals on the east coast of Greenland has widened divisions between hunting and tourism interests. Narwhals are a small Arctic whale with a single long tusk, sought after by poachers because of its ...

At least 200 narwhal whales in Canada's Arctic, trapped by winter ice that is setting in around them and facing starvation or suffocation, must be culled, officials said Friday.

A federal researcher says he hopes satellite imagery of the area around Pond Inlet, Nunavut, will help determine how more than 500 narwhals became trapped in sea ice near the Baffin Island community.

People in a Baffin Island community say the bounty provided by the cull of more than 600 narwhals trapped in the sea ice near Pond Inlet has left them happier and healthier in time for the holidays.

... -order of cetaceans that have teeth and include beaked, sperm, killer and beluga whales and narwhals as well as dolphins and porpoises. Recent studies have reported the accumulation of POPs in the ...

... the primary food for 28 species of odontocetes, the sub-order of cetaceans that have teeth and include beaked, sperm, killer and beluga whales and narwhals as well as dolphins and porpoises. read more

Spectacular footage of elusive narwhal is captured by a BBC team.

This video of narwhals migrating through channels in the Arctic ice does not need the dramatic music to be astounding. These are some very elegant creatures. Also in today's links: watching for post- ...

... learn about the distribution of large animals at both poles. For example, tracking devices fitted to narwhals, the ocean unicorn (www.eol.org/pages/328542), record their Arctic migrations and provide ...

... goes, the Arctic will lose the ivory gull, Pacific walrus, ringed seal, hooded seal, narwhal and polar bear--all animals that rely on the ice for foraging, reproduction or as refuge from predators. ...

... are currently being overrun by red foxes. Ivory gulls, ringed seals, polar bears and narwhals are examples of species with a small distribution and specialised habitats, and such species will be the ...