Lately, a handful of viral posts have been saying the "52-hertz whale", the so-called world’s loneliest whale, has at last found a friend. But is there any truth behind the buzz? The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

What is the 52 hertz whale?

For those uninitiated in the tale of the 52 hertz whale, in 1989 a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution heard a particularly unusual whale call, unlike anything that had been heard before or since. Picked up on sensors across the Pacific Ocean, the whale call came in at 52 hertz, far higher than any whale species known to follow its migration pattern. Its movement has similarities to that of blue whales , but blue whales have a frequency range of 10 to 39 Hz, with domi

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