Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) a newborn leveret, less than an hour after birth, instinctively lies motionless in a field of newly planted crops. Derbyshire, UK, March. Winner of British Seasons categor...

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) mother and newborn just after birth, first suckling, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) mother and newborn just after birth, first suckling, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) mother and newborn just after birth, first suckling, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, October

Richard Du Toit / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), female giving birth, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Alex Mustard / Female Mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis) swimming above weeds, below the surface of Lago Baratz, Sardinia, Italy. This species is originally from the Americas, but has been introduced into many countri...

Alex Mustard / A split level photo of group of Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fighting their way upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn, trees showing autumnal colours. Adams River,...

Alex Mustard / Group of Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swimming upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Alex Mustard / Group of Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fight their way upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Alex Mustard / Rear view of a group of Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fighting their way upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Ernie Janes / Three newly hatched ducklings

Ernie Janes / Four newly hatched ducklings

Ernie Janes / Newly hatched ducklings with eggs.

Ernie Janes / Newly hatched ducklings with eggs.

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) fetus being born, still covered in membrane, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) baby after clearing through the fetal membrane with its sharp claws, it begins to climb up toward the pouch with a swimming motion, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) birth, baby is born enclosed in fetal membranes, Australia

Mark MacEwen / Freshwater Flea (Daphnia magna) giving birth, controlled conditions, UK

Richard Du Toit / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) mother with calf just after giving birth, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, sequence 1 of 3

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella / Eudorcas thomsoni) newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella / Eudorcas thomsoni) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) mother grooming newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella / Eudorcas thomsoni) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella / Eudorcas thomsoni) mother grooming newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Grant's gazelle (Gazella granti) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) mother and newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella / Eudorcas thomsoni) mother cleaning newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella / Eudorcas thomsoni) mother cleaning newborn just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother carrying its cub a few days after birth, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother carrying its cub a few days after birth, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) giving birth, with calf legs out, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mother with baby just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mother with baby standing just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mother with baby just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mother with baby just after birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) giving birth, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Kristel Richard / A newborn Kathiawari horse colt, still covered with placenta, tries to stand up for the first time, Porbandar, Gujarat, India.

Gavin Hellier / Sailors on military parade during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongyang, North Korea, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) April 15th 20...

Gavin Hellier / Women in traditional dress during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) North Korea, 15 April 2012

Gavin Hellier / Women in traditional dress dancing during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Apri...

Gavin Hellier / Children in traditional dress dancing during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, A...

Gavin Hellier / Women in traditional dress dancing during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Apri...

Gavin Hellier / Women in traditional dress dancing during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Apri...

Gavin Hellier / Celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongshong, satellite city outside of Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, April 15 2012

Gavin Hellier / Celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongshong, satellite city outside of Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, April 15 2012

Gavin Hellier / Celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongshong, satellite city outside of Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, April 15 2012

Gavin Hellier / Women wearing colourful traditional dress for celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongshong, satellite city outside of Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic...

Gavin Hellier / Celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongshong, satellite city outside of Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, April 15 2012

Gavin Hellier / Celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongshong, satellite city outside of Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, April 15 2012

Gavin Hellier / Celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim IL Sung, Pyongshong, satellite city outside of Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, April 15 2012

Denis-Huot / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) mother nursing her newborn calf. Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) immediately prior to giving birth, legs emerging. Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) mother nudging newborn baby giraffe in rain. Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Ice falling off glacier, Alaska

David Woodfall / Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) spring lamb on saltmarsh jumping a few days after birth, England, UK.

Sergey Gorshkov / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) female nuzzling new born calf, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Chadden Hunter / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup just born with umblical cord attached, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Adrian Davies / Cow (Bos taurus) cleaning new-born calf. Shetland, Scotland, UK.

Adrian Davies / Cow (Bos taurus) consuming afterbirth following birth of calf. Shetland, Scotland, UK, May.

Frederique Olivier / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) one week pup on ice with umbilical cord showing, Antarctica, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Alex Mustard / A male Golden / White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) gives birth; two baby seahorses are leaving the brood pouch and two others float nearby. Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, March.

Alex Mustard / A male Golden / White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) giving birth. Female seahorses lay their eggs into the male's brood pouch, where they develop. Manly, New South Wales, Australia, March.

Alex Mustard / A male Golden / White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) giving birth, note the tail of a baby protruding from his brood pouch. Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, March.

Florian Möllers / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) nest in the Grunewald forest, Berlin, Germany, March

Anup Shah / Topi female (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) with her new-born calf, eating the placenta after it has been delivered. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009

Anup Shah / Topi female (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) with her new-born calf, delivering the placenta. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009

Anup Shah / Topi female (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) with her new-born calf, starting to deliver the placenta. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Female Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) with calf just after giving birth on the Nadym tundra. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Winfried Wisniewski / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) female giving birth to calf, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Daniel Heuclin / Asp viper (Vipera aspis) close-up of female giving birth to live young. France, Europe. Controlled conditions.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Calving glacier, Alaska

Pete Oxford / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) female giving birth to pup, on sandly shore, with Sheathbill scavenging afterbirth, Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. Falkland Islands

Pete Oxford / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) female giving birth to pup, on sandly shore, Sea Lion Island. South of mainland east Falkland Island. Falkland Islands

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) just given birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) just given birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) just given birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) just given birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) just given birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) just given birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) giving birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga langustirostris) giving birth to a new pup, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Jeff Rotman / Newborn Spiny Pygmy Shark (Squaliolus laticaudus) with yolk sac still attached held in hand, Israel, Mediterranean Sea.

Edwin Giesbers / Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) [Sandy, born 29.04.82] sitting, holding two young. One [Samboja, born 09.06.05] is her own offspring, the other [Dayang, born 01.12.05] was rejected by its birth mot...

Ingo Arndt / Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) giving birth, Germany

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian crane chick (Grus grus) newly emerged from egg, Captive, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian crane chick (Grus grus) ten hours after emerging from egg, captive, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian crane egg (Grus grus) hatching, aptive, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK