Researchers have discovered the oldest known audio recording of a whale song, made in 1949 off the coast of Bermuda. As reported by Associated Press, the recording features a humpback whale and was ...

For decades, a thin plastic audio disc sat forgotten in an archive drawer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Recorded on March 7, 1949, near Bermuda, it had been labeled with vague notes ...

For decades, a thin plastic audio disc sat forgotten in an archive drawer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Recorded on March 7, 1949, near Bermuda, it had been labeled with vague notes ...

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 ...

This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a whale on Feb. 24, 2009, near Maui, Hawaii. (Aran T. Mooney/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP) This photo provided by ...