Songs Of Rare Pygmy Blue Whales Picked Up By Nuclear Bomb Detectors
Haunting sounds show numbers of the elusive species have rebounded—after it was hunted to near-extinction. Warming oceans could deplete their food supply of tiny shrimp-like krill but underwater microphones in the Indian Ocean may hold the key to saving them. Researchers from the University of New South Wales worked on the findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. The network of listening devices was originally set up to monitor for unapproved nuclear testing....