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In seven years on The Times’s National Desk, I wrote about everything from natural disasters to narwhals.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

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

The pilot project aims to assess where narwhals are living, how many there are and how they aid phytoplankton blooms.

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023

But I know she’d rather save black rhinos or narwhals.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty