Animals

Watch the first video of a sperm whale birth captured by scientists

The footage reveals unprecedented cooperation for sperm whales that transcends kin groups

Several adult sperm whales hold a baby whale up to the surface of a large body of water

A newborn sperm whale calf is held above water by adults until it can swim on its own.

Project CETI

By Lily Burton

It takes a village to deliver a whale calf.

The birth of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) has been captured on camera in more intimate detail than ever before, researchers report March 26 in Science.