Ernie Janes / Organically grown Brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea) Norfolk, UK, October

Pete Oxford / Ello Sphinx Moth (Erinnyis ello) caterpillar on mangrove sprout, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tim Laman / Confiscated boats rotting at the forest department office at Burigoalini, Mangrove seedlings sprout from a boat, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Gary K. Smith / Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera), commercially grown crop, view of plants ready for harvest in frosty weather, Norfolk, UK, January.

Thomas Marent / Sprout growing from seed, Masoala National Park, Madagascar

Gary K. Smith / Brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera), England, UK, cutout

Thomas Marent / Plant seed with sprout, Amacayacu National Park, Colombia

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Sericomyrmex amabilis) on fungus garden, white clumps are gongylidia - the nutritious fungal growths consumed by the ants which sprout from the matrix of leaf matter, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Vascular Plant (Helwingia japonica) flowers sprout mid-leaf, Meili Province, China

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Konara Oak (Quercus serrata) new sprout growing from acorn on forest floor, Shiga, Japan

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pachycondyla goeldii) carries Flamingo Plant (Anthurium sp) seed back to nest There it will eat the sticky string attached and then plant the seed, the seed will sprout and grow a new Ant Garden

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta vollenveideri) decaying nests which play an important ecological role since palms and mesquites sprout from the fertile soil created by the nests, Paraguay

Konrad Wothe / European Larch (Larix decidua) sprout, Germany

Nick Turner / Harvesting Brussel sprouts {Brassica oleracea gemmifera} Gloucestershire, UK

Chien Lee / Mushrooms sprout from mound of elephant dung in rainforest, Royal Belum State Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Mushrooms sprout from a rotting log, Gunung Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia