Washington, DC—Naalakkersuisut (Greenland’s government) must immediately cancel narwhal hunting quotas for Southeast Greenland or risk losing three populations of these whales forever, according to a ...

Narwhals (Monodon monoceros L.) occur in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic where for centuries they have been subject to subsistence hunting by Inuit in Greenland and Canada. Scientific advice on the ...

Humans have long been fascinated with narwhal tusks. During the Middle Ages, the long, spiraled teeth — mistaken for unicorn horns — were the prized possessions of European royalty. And in the 19th ...