Article 1JKXF New York's whales to be studied for the first time

New York's whales to be studied for the first time

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Oliver Milman
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Scientists hope new information will help protect the little-understood whale population that feeds and travels through the city's waters

The habits of New York's little-understood whale population are to be fully analysed for the first time, with scientists hoping the new information will help protect the marine behemoths that navigate one of the busiest shipping areas in the world.

An acoustic monitoring buoy has been deployed off the coast of Long Island to eavesdrop on the cacophony of underwater noises made by whales that feed and travel through New York waters.

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