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Nautilus 6/4/2026

The Cold War’s Accidental Whale Observatory

By David Rothenberg • 1 min read
Science

Built to track enemy submarines, the Navy’s underwater listening network inadvertently revealed that whales may be singing across entire oceans The post The Cold War’s Accidental Whale Observatory appeared first on Nautilus.

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