Exciting News! The Listen to the Whales campaign, created with @InsideNatGeo Impact Story Lab, is nominated for @TheWebbyAwards for best video & film, in the Science & Education category. Vote now through April 16th: bit.ly/48zzV3P
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Project CETI
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Project CETI
@ProjectCETI
Project CETI is a nonprofit organization applying machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales in Dominica. #ProjectCETI
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Get to know Snow, a young female member of Unit A, and more of the sperm whales we have the privilege of researching in Dominica at projectceti.org/listen, and subscribe to the Listen to the Whales newsletter for special updates on the whales!
Photo: @acottonphoto
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We made it to the finals!⭐️ Vote for Project CETI and @InsideNatGeo’s Listen to the Whales at the @shortyawards! Voting ends April 8th so cast your vote now!🐳: shortyawards.com/18th/listen-to…
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The footage shows the other sperm whales in the group—most of them female, many unrelated to the mother—teaming up to help deliver the calf and support it during its first few hours. bit.ly/4bXWRL9
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‘Really special’: Watch as mother, sister and daughter whales unite in supporting newborn calf
euronews.com/2026/03/27/rea…
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Did you catch the baby sperm whale on the @colbertlateshow? Watch this segment and more here: @ColbertLateShow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@ColbertLateSh…
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Read more about Unit A in @NatGeo! 🟨🐳
nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…
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En 2023, los colegas de @projectCETI documentaron por primera vez mediante drones, cámaras desde embarcación y subacuáticas, e hidrófonos, el nacimiento de un #cachalote. Después de 2 años de análisis, publican descubrimientos fantásticos de este evento. #Partería
¡Merece hilo!
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In July 2023, researchers on a whale watching expedition in the Caribbean Sea encountered an unusual scene: 11 sperm whales clustered tightly at the water’s surface.
The animals began to inch closer and closer together in the waters off the island of Dominica, with their attention turned to one individual, until a burst of blood tinted the water.
At first, the scientists—part of @ProjectCETI, a nonprofit that studies how sperm whales interact—thought the animal had been attacked. But then they saw a tiny tail pop out of the water.
The researchers quickly realized they had in fact observed a group of whales helping a calf take its first breath. Even more fortuitous, they had captured it on video from a drone.
Read more: scim.ag/4bPBbR9
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1/7 El nacimiento de un cachalote es un acontecimiento social que traspasa las barreras entre grupos
Individuos de otro linaje se acercaron a ayudar de forma coordinada, mantenían a la cría a flote y la protegían de posibles peligros
(paper) DOI 10.1126/science.ady9280
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The incredible CETI (proudly supported by the Audacious Project) is already delivering some truly beautiful findings. nytimes.com/2026/03/26/cli…
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🐋 Exceptionally rare footage of sperm whale giving birth in the wild
Scientists have released footage of a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females worked together to support the mother and her newborn
📹 Project CETI
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Thank you @ElizKolbert and @NewYorker!
The New Yorker@NewYorker
In July, 2023, researchers happened upon a sperm-whale birth and videotaped the entire event. Today, they released papers chronicling what happened—which suggest that the whales offered the calf’s mother a level of assistance that puts midwifery to shame. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/EAYwGS
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An video of a sperm whale giving birth shows all the females working together to bring the calf into the world & support the newborn above the water in the first moments of its life.
A rare insight into the social bonds of these amazing animals. 💙
apnews.com/article/sperm-…
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“It's amazing: when faced with this impossible challenge, these animals come together to succeed,” says Project CETI's Shane Gero.
➡️ l.euronews.com/eSYr
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The birth of a sperm whale has been captured on camera in more intimate detail than ever before, researchers report.
sciencenews.org/article/first-…
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🐋 Scientists have managed to film a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females worked together to support the mother and her newborn.
➡️ u.afp.com/Sbqd
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