In 1989, a strange whale song at 52 Hz was recorded for the first time, never heard before. Over time, efforts were made to investigate its causes, and recently a good piece of news may have emerged.
We could define it as a cold case in biology: a story now forgotten, which began in 1989, telling of the almost accidental discovery of a solitary whale and its rare song, different from that of all other whales.
This is the only recorded specimen of a whale singing at a frequency of 52 Hz, which is much higher than the frequencies usually used by these cetaceans for their communication. However, this is also the story of William Watkins, a well-known oceanographer for her studies on bioacoustics, which over the course of 15 years recorded the song of what is now remembered as the loneliest whale in the world.
Read the article by Arianna Izzi on Geopop.