Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion. (non-ex)

David Fleetham / Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), pair tending to egg mass placed beside the protection of an anemone. Yap, Micronesia.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) tending to newborn chick while another feed two day old chick, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in t...

Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) parents tending to foal, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa

Neil Aldridge / Male African golden weaver (Ploceus subaureus) tending to its nest in reedbeds, Simangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Kevin Schafer / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent with chicks, Pleneau Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' tending to her stillborn infant, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Juergen Freund / Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) tending eggs laid on a whip coral, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of a seaweed farmer tending his crop, growing agar-agar for processing into carageenan (gelatinous extracts used as binder for food or product) Philippines, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of a seaweed farmer tending his crop, growing agar-agar for processing into carageenan (gelatinous extracts used as binder for food or product) Philippines, May 2009

Juergen Freund / True clownfish / Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) tending its eggs. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / True clownfish / Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) tending its eggs. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia0