On March 7, 1949, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were stationed on a boat called the R/V Atlantis that was sailing off the coast of Bermuda. They lowered a primitive ...
Last year, Ashley Jester came across an unusual old recording. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED SCIENTIST: The date - 7 March 1949. (SOUNDBITE OF WHALE VOCALIZING) RASCOE: She's a ...
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the oldest known recording of whale song. And it reveals a noisier soundscape of today's oceans. RASCOE: She's a researcher at ...