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Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered a recording of humpback whales off the coast of Bermuda in March 1949 buried in their archives, marking the oldest-known recording of whale song.

Researchers unearth remarkably well-preserved humpback audio from Bermuda in 1949

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A humpback whale off the coast of Rurutu Island in French Polynesia.…