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Whales act as 'midwives' during birth, new research shows

Giving birth is a real family affair for whales, reveals new research. Ground-breaking video shows female relatives – both ...
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New research finds giving birth is a family affair for whales

Groundbreaking research shows female relatives — both young and old — acting as "midwives" as a sperm whale gives birth. The ...

First-Ever Surgery Saves Rare Monkey’s Foot and Leads to Surprise Birth Months Later

Surgeries on primates have become more common in recent years. With a better understanding of how anesthesia affects them, ...
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Scientists capture birth of sperm whale calf on film

Scientists have managed to film a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other ...

Rare footage captures sperm whale birth in wild; other females assist in ‘first-of-its-kind’ behaviour: Watch

Researchers from Project CETI were observing a group of 11 whales near the Caribbean island of Dominica when they witnessed a ...

Exceptionally rare sighting of a wild sperm whale birth

Drone footage provided by Project CETI, an international effort seeking to understand how whales communicate, shows the first moments after the birth of a wild sperm whale off the coast of Dominica in ...

Rare sperm whale birth and coordinated caregiving revealed by drone footage and underwater audio

Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) has published two scientific studies presenting the most comprehensive ...