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.

If you ever want a chance to see a 82-inch narwhal tusk up close, look no further than Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester’s EcoTarium, a science and nature museum, has received a donation of a ...

Narwhal tusks were once a highly sought-after commodity ... remove sections of bone as we have done with a few skulls in the collection, you can see two small, un-erupted tusks,” Richard says. “They ...

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 ...

Caption Like walruses and elephants, male narwhals (Monodon monoceros) grow tusks; these are modified teeth. In narwhals, the left tooth erupts from their head, reaching more than 8-feet-long in ...

A look at the strongest, biggest, most numerous, and just weirdest dental situations on the planet.

Now, thanks to Arizona State University researcher Zackary Graham and his colleagues, we can add the "unicorn of the seas," the narwhal, to the list. They found that male tusks can have over 4 ...

A narwhal’s tusk is actually a tooth ... The right front tooth remains small and inside the mouth. Though narwhals are ...

The pair obtained the narwhal tusks from a Canadian supplier ... for related offenses and a fourth is facing extradition from Canada to Maine. Narwhals are small whales with a long, straight, helical ...

The most extraordinary feature of the narwhal is the long, spiral tusk which always has a left- handed spiral. No one is sure why it twists this way. The tusk, which measures up to 3m in length ...