Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatching, Dalyan Delta, Turkey, July 2009

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) hunting Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg hatching on father's feet. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Jurgen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar emerging from egg on an Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia) leaf and feeding, Queensland, Australia, April.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), two males, one brooding young chick, the other incubating hatching egg. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Series 4/4.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), two males, one brooding young chick, the other incubating hatching egg. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Series 3/4.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), two males, one brooding young chick, the other incubating hatching egg. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Series 2/4.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), two males, one brooding young chick, the other incubating hatching egg. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Series 1/4.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg hatching on father's feet. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August.

Kim Taylor / Timelapse of a cluster of Large white butterfly (Pieris brasssicae) eggs hatching over the course of a day, caterpillars begin to feed. Controlled conditions.

Michael Quinton / American Marten (Martes americana) emerging from tree cavity, Alaska

Brian Bevan / Two Giant african snails (Achatina fulica) emerging from their shells and looking around, UK. Captive.

Steve Downer / Yellow slug larva (Limax flavus) emerging from an egg case, controlled conditions.

Steve Downer / Yellow slug larva (Limax flavus) emerging from an egg case, controlled conditions.

Dietmar Nill / Slow motion shot of a Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) diving into a pond and emerging with a fish, Germany, December.

Tony Phelps / Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) troop exiting den, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, June.

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of toadspawn from a Common toad (Bufo bufo) developing, emerging and feeding on nutrient jelly, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Alastair MacEwen / Close up time-lapse of frogspawn from a Common frog (Rana temporaria) developing, emerging and feeding on nutrient jelly, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of frogspawn from a Common frog (Rana temporaria) developing, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of Cherry (Prunus) blossom emerging, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Ingo Arndt / Four spotted libellula dragonfly / (Libellula quadrimaculata) adult freshly emerged from larval case, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) adult hatching out of brood cell, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) opening brood cell before hatching, Germany. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Bluebottle Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) hatching from coccoon, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Culicidae) freshly hatched sitting on water surface with reflection, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Sea trout (Salmo trutta trutta) alevin just hatched with full yolk sac, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Adult Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Africa. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium) first instars hatching from ground, captive, from Africa.

Ingo Arndt / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) chick hatching from egg, Africa, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) chick hatching from egg, Africa, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Carpet python snake (Morelia spilota variegata) hatching from egg, Australia. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Carpet python snake (Morelia spilota variegata), hatching from egg, Australia. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Marginated tortoise hatching from egg {Testudo marginata} Europe

Huw Cordey / Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) emerging from Bracken Cave, Texas. Over 15 million bats are thought to live in this cave, making it the greatest concentration of mammals on the planet...

Jordi Chias / Spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) just hatched from egg case that is on Seafan (Paramuricea clavata), Ullastres seamount, Costa Brava, Llafranch, Catalunya, Spain

Brent Stephenson / Type B Killer whale (Orca orcinus) surfacing, close-up, Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic, January.

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lone female playing, blowing bubble stream, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings emerging from nest, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of...

Nick Garbutt / Madagascar sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) resting on tree. Masoala Peninsula, north east Madagascar. Controlled conditions.

Cyril Ruoso / Puya flowers (Puya sp) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru.

Pascal Pittorino / Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) resting on a Red rose (Rosa sp) in organic garden, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, May.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Composite of Caddisfly (Trichoptera) larva and cases, Worcestershire, England, UK, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) emerging from shell, Dalyan delta, Turkey, July.

Gabriel Rojo / Southern Right whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.

Todd Mintz / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub at entrance to den, Manitoba, Canada. March.

Jurgen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchlings running to the sea from nest. Jamursbamedi, West Papua, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling swimming to the sea still in the shallows of the beach. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with flower cluster emerging from the tip of its limb, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA.

Erlend Haarberg / Herb-paris (Paris quadrifolia), Norway, June.

Michael Quinton / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) leaving nest cavity in forest, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) leaving nest cavity in forest, Alaska

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Alder flies (Sialis lutaria) hatching on River Wensum, Norfolk, England, UK, June

Willem Kolvoort / White waterlily (Nymphaea alba) in Naardermeer bog lake, Holland. May.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Plant (Xanthostemon auriantalun) Parc Provincial de la Rivire Bleue / Blue River Provincial Park, New Caledonia. Endemic.

Chris Mattison / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seedhead, focus stacked image.

Pascal Kobeh / Female Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with its calf in open water, Reunion Island. Indian Ocean.

Clay Bolt / Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) in undergrowth, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, USA, North America, June.

Roland Seitre / Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) emerging from den, native to North America

Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.

Jabruson / Mass emergence of rainforest Skipper butterflies (Melphina sp.) Lokoue Bai, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Cuvette, Republic of Congo.

Peter Cairns / Wood patterns in Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January.

Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) male emerging from bush, Masai Mara, Kenya

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A signal blenny (Emblemaria hypacanthus) displays its showy dorsal fin as it extends out of its tube home. La Paz, Mexico. Sea Of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.

Floris van Breugel / Emerging spring leaves adorn the mossy trees - Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) and Alder (Alnus rubra) in Mt Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest. Washington. April 2013

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Bacteria - iron and manganese oxidizers and their complementary reducers, in the mud of an empty fish pond, Upper Lusatia Heath and Pond Landscape, Upper Lusatia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Germany

Jan Hamrsky,Jan Hamrsky / Trumpet animalcules (Stentor polymorphus) with algal symbionts (Chlorella), Europe, controlled conditions

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Newly hatched ducklings with eggs.

Laurent Geslin / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} on honeycomb frame with worker bee emerging from cell, Europe, August

Franco Banfi / Ice formations, Lake Sassolo, Sambuco valley, Ticino, Switzerland

Terry Whittaker,Terry Whittaker / Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) emerging from pipe at side of river, Kent, UK, December

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 6 of 9

Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 1 of 9

Jurgen Freund / Forest seedling growing in the Bornean forest. Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / European White water lily, (Nymphaea alba) in flowers, Vallee de l'Eure, Eure-et-Loir, France, July.

Mark MacEwen / Mopane moth (Imbrasia belina) eggs hatching, Tuli Block, Botswana

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings emerging from nest and making their way to the sea at sunrise, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings emerging from nest and making their way to the sea at sunrise, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings emerging from the nest and making their way to the sea at sunrise, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

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

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demsersus) chick hatching inside a small incubator at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) which collects abandoned eggs fro...

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) hatching from egg, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 5/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 7/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 6/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} nymph about to hatch, Cornwall, UK. April, Sequence 1/7

Jurgen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby hatchlings coming out of their nest. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Solvin Zankl / An Olive ridley sea turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) on its way to the sea. The hatchlings orientate themselves by the brightness of the horizon above the ocean, Ostional NP, Costa Rica. Octob...

Solvin Zankl / As soon as it entered the water the young Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the coast. The swimming frenzy lasts for approximately 48 hours...

Solvin Zankl / A Costa Rican researcher monitors the temperature in the developing sea turtle nests at Ostional beach, Costa Rica, November 2009. ^^^ Sea turtles have, like many other reptiles, temperature-dependent...

Solvin Zankl / These hatchlings of an Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) should be buried and protected under 40 cm of warm sand, but a domestic dog dug them out at Ostional beach in Costa Rica. Novembe...

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...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 19/25)

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 16/25)

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 7/25)

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 1/25)