For the first time, the birth of a humpback whale was captured via drone earlier this week. Filmed off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, on Tuesday, the video shows the water fill with blood before the newborn calf emerges to take its first breath. A rare video of a humpback whale birth was captured via drone off the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The footage is believed to be only the fourth complete humpback whale birth ever recorded on film anywhere in the world and the first-ever captured by drone. A humpback whale calf and its mother reunite after its birth off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, on July 28, 2026.