Jan Wegener/ BIA / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) male, Queensland, Australia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon hatching from egg (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is Indonesia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon about to lay eggs in burrow made in megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon hatchling emerging from megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is

David Tipling / Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) female excavating nest chamber to lay egg. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.

David Tipling / Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) female excavating nest chamber to lay egg. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.

David Tipling / Man holding Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) egg dug out of nest chamber in sand. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.

David Tipling / Savo Islander digging out nest chamber of Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) to harvest egg. Savo Island, Solomon Islands, South Pacific

David Tipling / Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) female excavating nest chamber in sand to lay egg. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.

David Tipling / Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) female excavating nest chamber in sand to lay egg. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.

David Tipling / Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) nesting ground in sandy volcanic soil. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.

David Tipling / Basket of Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) eggs harvested from nesting ground. Savo Island, Solomon Islands.