narwhal
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The fight against climate change has a new, spiral-tusked ally: the narwhal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
An extended version of the ad also features a talking narwhal.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
And while this shift isn't necessarily bad for the opportunistic cetaceans, which can adapt to a certain threshold of oceanic shifts, it places immense stress on endemic species like narwhal.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2023
In her singular imaginings, mermaids swim up to watch TV news about their planet, ships play tag with giant squid, and humans get up close and personal with a purple narwhal with blue wings.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
When I look over, she’s hugging her stuffed narwhal, looking all of a sudden like a deflated balloon.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
But narwhals are themselves "losers in the climate game," noted Heide-Jorgensen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Animals including narwhals and belugas are sharing habitat with - or even being displaced by - these other whales.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Menopause is known to exist in five species of toothed whale: short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and beluga whales.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Her earlier research showed that eastern North Atlantic orcas primarily feed on herring; mid-North Atlantic orcas feed on seals and mackerel; and western North Atlantic orcas feed on baleen whales, porpoises, belugas, narwhals, and seals.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 11, 2023
What happened when all the new animals in the north killed off the arctic foxes and belugas and narwhals and polar bears that already lived there?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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