Recording of humpback whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicate

Recording of humpback whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicate

Woods Hole researchers stumbled on a plastic disc labeled "fish noises" — and found the oldest known recording of a humpback whale, from a much quieter ocean.

A plastic disc labeled "fish noises" sat in a Woods Hole archive for 75 years, and turned out to be the oldest known recording of a humpback whale.