The song is that of a humpback whale and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, researchers said.

Researchers have discovered the oldest known audio recording of a whale song, made in 1949 off the coast of Bermuda. As ...

Oldest whale recording from 1949 reveals secrets of humpback communication and the quieter oceans of the past.

Scientists discover truth of mysterious ocean sound recorded off Bermuda in the 1940s - The preserved recording was ...

A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals ...

Fred Sharpe has studied humpback whales in Alaska for more than three decades. He’s particularly interested in the sounds they make – and what they mean. Lately, the biologist has been focusing on the ...

The other day, an article in Popular Mechanics (of all things) caught my attention. It described how scientists are making ...

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For the first time, scientists have directly measured the hearing range of minke whales, discovering that the species can detect high-frequency sounds as high as 90 kilohertz (kHz), according to a new ...

For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn't feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...