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 ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it’s the ...

Whale song gets a lot of interest, whether it's for conservation, like finding mates for lonely whales, or helping you sleep. We're using it to decode language and practice speaking to aliens; it's ...

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. Last year, Ashley Jester came ...