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Bookmark or Share- Roger Payne, who found out that whales could sing, dies at 88Roger Payne, the scientist who spurred a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that whales could sing, has died. He was 88. Payne made the discovery in 1967 during a research trip to Bermuda in which a Navy engineer provided him with a recording of curious underwater sounds documented while listening for Russian ...
- Roger Payne - WikipediaRoger Searle Payne (January 29, 1935 – June 10, 2023) was an American biologist and environmentalist famous for his 1967 discovery (with Scott McVay) of whale song among humpback whales. Payne later became an important figure in the worldwide campaign to end commercial whaling.
- Roger Payne, biologist who discovered whale songs, dies - USA TODAYBiologist Roger Payne, the man who propelled conservation efforts by introducing the world to the sounds of whales, has died. He was 88. In 1967, Payne introduced the world to the striking...
- Roger Payne, Biologist Who Heard Whales Singing, Dies at 88Roger S. Payne, a biologist whose discovery that whales serenade one another prompted him to record their cacophonous repertoire of baying, booming, shrieking, squealing, mooing and...
- Roger PayneMeet Roger. Roger Payne has studied the behavior of whales since 1967 and is best known for showing that the complex vocalizations humpback whales make are rhythmic repeated patterns and therefore are properly classified as songs.
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