The Rise and Fall of the Humpback Whale

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Roger Payne was a whale scientist whose underwater recordings revealed the complex repertoire of haunting sounds that humpback whales make. His first album, Songs of the Humpback Whale, was a surprise international hit and helped to spawn the Save the Whales movement. The hunting may mostly have stopped, but human activity is still threatening whales in a big way as New York reporter Rosemary Ward saw firsthand.

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