The Conversation: Immigration; Ties between whale songs and human language

By Catherine Cruz,

DW Gibson, Maddie Bender

Published February 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM HST

A healthy humpback mother and calf swim through Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary waters in November 2019.

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Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Maddie Bender

Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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