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![a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/Ramari3_CreditTanyaCumberland.jpg.webp?itok=fQPOzQit)
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Tohunga Tohorā’s Intuition Reveals New Whale Species
When Ramari Stewart laid eyes on the beaked whale that had washed ashore on the......
October 2021
![Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/Narwhals_breach_Glenn_Williams.jpeg.webp?itok=lIA-6sXZ)
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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal
The narwhal is an elusive mammal. During the winter months they feed in the deep......
March 2020
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History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan
Traveling aboard the Charles W. Morgan, a 173-year-old whaling ship on its 38th......
July 2014
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous
In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides......
August 2017
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Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada
For over a decade, Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center archaeologist, William......
September 2011