Humpback Whales Return To Island

It began as a low, inquisitive bellow, then morphed into quasi-barks, growls and echoing calls. For the first time in 25 years, the "true song" of the humpback whale has serenaded spellbound whale researchers in West Coast waters. The haunting 25-minute "rhapsody" was caught on tape on Oct. 11, the first time that has happened since OrcaLab's hydrophone network was installed in the early 1980s around its northern Vancouver Island location. "We've been listening all this time," says whale researcher Paul Spong an OrcaLab director who was mesmerized by the sound. The call of the humpback, almost certainly a male, has been posted on the website of the whale research station...