Hey, Google: Find this New Whale Sound
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:
In 2014, an Oregon State University autonomous seaglider survey(link is external) in the Mariana Archipelago heard a new sound: a mechanical-sounding whale vocalization. They called it a "Biotwang(link is external)." Without visual observers to identify the source of the sound, they guessed that it might be made by a baleen whale, but could not determine the species. In 2 . . .
In 2014, an Oregon State University autonomous seaglider survey(link is external) in the Mariana Archipelago heard a new sound: a mechanical-sounding whale vocalization. They called it a "Biotwang(link is external)." Without visual observers to identify the source of the sound, they guessed that it might be made by a baleen whale, but could not determine the species. In 2 . . .