THE NEWLY EXPANDED "Whales Today" exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum features the equipment and research of William Watkins, left, and William Schevill, of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, who conducted marine bioacoustics research with the U.S. Navy’s Underwater Sound Laboratory between the 1940s and 1990s. / COURTESY NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM
NEWPORT – The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has teamed with the New Bedford Whaling Museum on a new exhibit to explore the U.S. Navy’s long history of marine-mammal research, its role in protecting the ocean environment, and its contributions to marine science and conservation. “Whales Today” is New Bedford Whaling Museum’s showcase exhibit…