MYN / Paul Marcellini / Sequence of an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) hatching from its egg, Palmdale, Florida, USA. Digital composite.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), baby turtle walking towards sea, South Padre Island, South Texas, USA. July

Markus Varesvuo / Female Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) with newly hatched chick on nest, Kuhmo, Finland, June.

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...

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling at sea surface, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Te...

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling caught in fishing net, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of...

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

Chien Lee / Red Stink Bug (Pycanum rubeus) hatchlings cluster to amplify the effect of their aposematic warning coloration, Malaysia

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

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

Michael Pitts / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling swimming out to deep water from Karan Island, Saudi Arabia, Arabian Gulf.

Michael Pitts / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling swimming out to deep water from Karan Island after being released from boat. Saudi Arabia. Arabian Gulf.