The World

Whale Songs

Roger Payne, collector of whale songs for more than 40 years, interprets the changing tune of whales.

Living on Earth visits Dr. Roger Payne and Iain Kerr, whale researchers with the organization Ocean Alliance, aboard their ship “Odyssey.” In the second installment of the story, Dr. Payne talks about his whale song research and says that whale tunes have changed over the years.