The Royal Gazette March 29th: Bermuda is to become a field station for a new study on the songs of humpback whales, it was announced yesterday.
The study, “Sound of Science”, will explore differences in song trends and phrases between North Atlantic whales and their South Pacific counterparts.
J-P Rouja, the team leader for Nonsuch Expeditions, said the conservation group had teamed with the Centre for Cetacean Research and Conservation based in the Cook Islands and the US, and Cornell University, in New York State.
Mr Rouja told The Royal Gazette: “The story of whale song starts in Bermuda, which is the first time whale song was recognised for what it was.
“Whale songs change from year to year. Locally it has been recorded sporadically over the past 30 or 40 years but not as a proper ongoing study.
“We’re basically starting a new series of recordings.”