Mystery whale discovered

A LONE whale with a mysterious voice that matches no other species has been discovered roaming the Pacific.

Researchers identified the whale, which has been wandering the ocean for the past 12 years, after listening to recordings made by the US Navy’s submarine-tracking hydrophones.

Marine biologist Mary Ann Daher, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, used the partly-declassified records to trace the movements of whales in the north Pacific.