Whales heard for first time in waters around New York City

Cornell Chronicle feature

09/16/2008 Chronicle feature

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Steve Cluett/Courtesy of Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

For the first time in waters surrounding New York City, the beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded, according to experts from Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program and the New York State DEC.

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Clark, Christopher W | IP Johnson Dir of Bioacoust Re