Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale song from 1949
Published on March 21, 2026.
The oldest known recording of a whale song, made on 7 March 1949, has been discovered in an archive collection. The discovery was made by a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) who identified the sound as the song of a humpback whale. The recording can provide an insight into how the sound of this particular species has changed over the years.
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Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale song from 1949
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