First-ever recorded right whale songs come from tiny population swimming in Bering Sea

By Yereth Rosen June 21, 2019
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For years, scientists trying to track the elusive Eastern North Pacific right whale have had to listen with special underwater acoustic devices for the animals’ distinctive “gunshot” calls. Actually seeing any whales from this population — the world’s most critically endangered population of large whales — was an extremely rare occurrence.

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