BREAKING: New Species of Whale Discovered
Updated: Dec 18, 2020
According to a recent press release by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a
new species of whale has been discovered off the western coast of Mexico, near the San Benito islands - an island range located about 300 miles from the U.S.-California border.
Sea Shepherd received some interesting underwater acoustic signals from the San Benito islands - acoustic signals that had never been recorded before. All species of whale have their own distinct set of sounds, and acoustic matching is frequently used to identify whale species; but what happens when you pick up a sound that no one has ever heard before? In Sea Shepherds case, they decided to send a crew to check it out and find the source of the sound. They