{
  "id": 328954,
  "title": "Rare moment humpback whale gives birth captured by drone off Australian coast – video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/rare-moment-humpback-whale-gives-birth-captured-by-drone-off",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-29T08:09:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/jul/29/humpback-whale-gives-birth-australia-nsw-drone-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A drone pilot has captured what is believed to be only the fourth complete humpback whale birth ever recorded on film anywhere in the world, and the first ever documented by drone. While conducting aerial observations of migrating humpback whales off the NSW north coast for the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (Orrca), Alexander Forrest witnessed an adult female…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}