A version of this article appears in print on June 15, 2023, Section A, Page 20 of the New York edition with the headline: Roger Payne, 88, Who Saved Whales That Serenaded World, Dies.

Roger 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 ...

Roger 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 ...