Kevin Schafer / Bats (several species) emerge from a cave at dusk. Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico.

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge all together. Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, No...

Martin Dohrn / Mosquito {Culex pipiens} larva about to emerge from pupa at water surface UK

Hans Christoph Kappel / Trapdoor spider opening 'door' to emerge from its den, Spain

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Man watching a brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) emerge from a house roof. Kent, UK, June 2011. Model released

Mark MacEwen / Broad snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) hatching from egg in nest, Sante Fe, Argentina, February

Colin Monteath / Siula Grande, Yerupaja, Yerupaja Chico and Jirishanca peaks emerge from morning cloud with reflections in Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Gary K. Smith / Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) fruiting 'egg' about to emerge in woodland with foul smelling liquid coat on cap, which attracts flies that disperse the spores, Autumn, England, October.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Dark bush cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) sunning itself on Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire England, UK, September . Property released. Did you know?...

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly ready to emerge from chrysalis, emergence sequence 1/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

Doug Allan / Two Polar Bear cubs (Ursus maritimus) emerge from their winter hibernation den. Kong Karl's Land, Svalbard, Norway. Freeze frame book plate page 23.

Nature Production / Japanese black carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus) and queen ant helping worker ant to emerge from pupal case, Japan

Nature Production / Cross section of dung ball showing male Scarab beetle (Copris acutidens) growing inside, ready to emerge.

Nature Production / Cross section of dung ball showing male Scarab beetle (Copris acutidens) growing inside, ready to emerge.

Nature Production / Cherry tree branch (Prunus / Cerastes sp) flowers beginning to fade and leaves to emerge, April, Shiga, Japan, flowering sequence 8/9

Kevin Schafer / Bats emerge from cave at dusk. Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico.

Adrian Davies / Starfish Fungus (Aseroe rubra) starting to emerge from "egg", Surrey, UK, November

Solvin Zankl / Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge together and move towards the sea at dawn. They orientate themselves by the brightness of the horizon above the ocean Ostional beach,...

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge from the nest all together. Ostional be...

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge from the nest all together. Ostional bea...

Solvin Zankl / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) waiting for Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings to emerge from nests at Playa Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast. November 2009

Solvin Zankl / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) waiting for Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings to emerge from nest at Playa Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast. November

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq photographer guide sheltering behind igloo snow blind, waiting for a Polar bear to emerge from its den, Arctic coast of Alaska. April 2009

Solvin Zankl / Aquatic larva of the Long-tailed / Tisza mayflies (Palingania longicauda) live in the clay of the river Tisza, Hungary, Central Europe. This larva is three years of age, 10 centimetres in length, an...

Kevin Schafer / Multiple species of bats emerge from a limestone cave at dusk, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) nymph, adult just beginning to emerge. Broxwater, Cornwall, UK.

Andrew Parkinson / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair during their elaborate courtship ritual, after moving in opposite directions they dive down, collect some underwater vegetation, and then emerge performin...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female with cubs emerge from the Beaufort Sea, off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker cuts cocoon to help newly formed adult emerge, eastern Australia

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) chrysalis with slight opening from which metamorphized butterfly will emerge, Netherlands. Sequence 2 of 17

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly pupa about to emerge from chrysalis, New Jersey

Nature Production / Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow {Colias erate poliographus} pupa, butterfly about to emerge, Japan

Michael Durham / Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly chrysalis becoming transparent with butterfly ready to emerge, North America. Sequence 2 of 12

Doug Perrine / Kemp's ridley turtle {Lepidochelys kempii} hatchlings emerge from nest in protected hatchery, Rancho Nuevo, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 2002

Juergen Freund / As the tide retreats thousands of little Sand Bubbler Crabs {Scopimera inflata} emerge from their homes to feed off microscopic material between the sand grains, cleaning the sand as they go. Queensla...

Kim Taylor / Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) about to emerge from pupa, UK. Captive.

Kim Taylor / Bal-byter Ants (Camponotus fulvopilosus) emerge from nest in spring. South Africa.

Kim Taylor / Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) ready to emerge from pupa, UK. Captive.

Kim Taylor / Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) ready to emerge from pupa, UK. Captive.

Michael Durham / Monarch butterfly {Danaus plexippus} adult has just broken the skin of the chrysalis and is about to emerge Sequence 3 of 11 .

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rain Frog (Eleutherodactylus sp) eggs, froglets about to emerge, complete metamorphosis in egg, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rain Frog (Eleutherodactylus sp) eggs, froglets about to emerge, complete metamorphosis in egg, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) nestlings rescued by wardens which take them back to captive rearing facilities before they emerge, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Cicada (Magicicada sp) adults emerge from larval form

Colin Monteath / Siula Grande, Yerupaja, Yerupaja Chico and Jirishanca peaks emerge from morning cloud with reflections in Carhuacocha Lake, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Matthias Breiter / Entrance Mountain and Mount Woolard emerge from sea fog around Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, Washington

Kevin Schafer / Multiple species of bats emerge from a limestone cave, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) chrysalis with slight opening from which metamorphized butterfly will emerge, Netherlands, Sequence 4 of 17

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) chrysalis with slight opening from which metamorphized butterfly will emerge, Netherlands. Sequence 3 of 17