Cape Cod Times

Humpback whale song from 1949 discovered on Cape Cod. It may be the first recorded.

Seventy-seven years after its recording, WHOI recovered what could be the first humpback whale song captured on audio. It was labeled "fish noises." ...
WHDH 7News

Falmouth scientists discover possible oldest recorded whale song

Scientists in Falmouth stumbled upon a disc from 1949 with audio of a whale sounding like it’s singing, and they say<a class= ...
Discover Wildlife

This haunting sound was captured near Bermuda in 1949. It's the oldest known whale song recording

Archivists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the earliest known whale song recording, taken almost 80 ...
Medicine Buffalo

What’s really happening when whales sing? It’s not what established science claims, according to a new book by UB researcher

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Eduardo Mercado III, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of psychology and a groundbreaking expert on whale song, wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Chimes Blast Professor's Whale Song Duet Across Cornell Campus

If you were one of the students drawn to Ho Plaza by the mysterious sounds generated from atop of McGraw Tower on Sunday, rest assured that our beloved chime bells are not malfunctioning. Instead, it ...
Medicine Buffalo

Singing humpbacks are exploring, not courting, UB researcher says

Psychology professor Eduardo Mercado III wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first heard humpback whales singing. A groundbreaking expert on whale song, Mercado is a cognitive ...