Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with cub, newly emerged from their den on the Arctic coast, eastern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile holding newly hatched young in mouth {Crocodylus niloticus} Kenya

Nigel Cattlin / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) larvae still with a raft of empty egg cases, June Berkshire, England, UK.

David Woodfall / Little tern (Sterna albifrons) with newly hatched chick, Gronant dunes, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, June.

Steve Downer / Newly hatched Common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles feeding on egg cases, UK, March. Controlled conditions.

Ross Hoddinott / Broad bodied chaser dragonfly (Libellula depressa), newly emerged, resting on reeds,Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April 2017.

Steve Downer / Newly hatched slug (Gastropoda) approaching a water droplet on a leaf before bursting it and retracting its eyestalks, Birmingham, England, UK. Controlled conditions.

Alex Mustard / Nudibranchs (Doto greenamyeri) newly described species on feather hydroids. Seraya Bay, north coast of Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.

Jussi Murtosaari / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) newly emerged on asters, Jyvaskyla, Finland, August.

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

Gerrit Vyn / Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) with two newly hatched chicks on a nest in a flooded pasture. Sublette County, Wyoming, USA. May.

Andy Sands / Newly emerged Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), Bedfordshire, England, UK. June