Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) fruit germinating on tropical beach, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) fruit germinating on tropical beach, Keeling Islands, Australia

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Soy beans (Glycine max) against white background

Jeff Foott / Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) new sapling with burned tree behind, Yosemite National Park, California

Chris Mattison / Single egg of Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on brussel sprout leaf, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.. Focus-stacked image.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) on white background.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) on white background.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouts of Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) on white background.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Alfalfa seeds (Medicago sativa) against white background.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting seed of Cress (Lepidium sativum) on white background.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Soy beans (Glycine max) against white background.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Wheat seed (Triticum) traditional Swedish variety.

Philippe Clement / Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) acorn sprouting, Belgium, November.

Philippe Clement / Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) acorn sprouting, Belgium, November.

Philippe Clement / Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) acorn sprouting, Belgium, November.

Ernie Janes / Organically grown Brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea) Norfolk, UK, October

Pete Oxford / Ello Sphinx Moth (Erinnyis ello) caterpillar on mangrove sprout, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tim Laman / Confiscated boats rotting at the forest department office at Burigoalini, Mangrove seedlings sprout from a boat, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Gary K. Smith / Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera), commercially grown crop, view of plants ready for harvest in frosty weather, Norfolk, UK, January.

Thomas Marent / Sprout growing from seed, Masoala National Park, Madagascar

Gary K. Smith / Brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera), England, UK, cutout

Thomas Marent / Plant seed with sprout, Amacayacu National Park, Colombia

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Sericomyrmex amabilis) on fungus garden, white clumps are gongylidia - the nutritious fungal growths consumed by the ants which sprout from the matrix of leaf matter, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Vascular Plant (Helwingia japonica) flowers sprout mid-leaf, Meili Province, China

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Konara Oak (Quercus serrata) new sprout growing from acorn on forest floor, Shiga, Japan

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pachycondyla goeldii) carries Flamingo Plant (Anthurium sp) seed back to nest There it will eat the sticky string attached and then plant the seed, the seed will sprout and grow a new Ant Garden

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta vollenveideri) decaying nests which play an important ecological role since palms and mesquites sprout from the fertile soil created by the nests, Paraguay

Konrad Wothe / European Larch (Larix decidua) sprout, Germany

Nick Turner / Harvesting Brussel sprouts {Brassica oleracea gemmifera} Gloucestershire, UK

Cyril Ruoso / Botanist, Dr. Anton Weissenhofer, examining plant in tropical rainforest, Golfito, Costa Rica

Cyril Ruoso / Botanist, Dr. Anton Weissenhofer, holding seedling, Golfito, Costa Rica

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Early growth mangrove tree at low tide, Hayman Island, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia

Nigel Cattlin / Section through edemas (also known as oedemas / cankers) abiotic swellings on the stem of a purple brussel sprout plant (Brassica oleracea)

Nigel Cattlin / Section through edemas (also known as oedemas / cankers) abiotic swellings on the stem of a purple brussel sprout plant (Brassica oleracea)

Chien Lee / Mushrooms sprout from mound of elephant dung in rainforest, Royal Belum State Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Mushrooms sprout from a rotting log, Gunung Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia

Doug Perrine / Pair of cinder cones from an old eruption sprout vegetation on the slopes of Mauna Kea Volcano as Mauna Loa Volcano erupts with lava spilling down its northern slopes, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Decembe...

David Fleetham / A sprouting coconut floating in the sea close to the shore, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean.

Suzi Eszterhas / Carambola (Averrhoa carambola) seedlings to be planted by sloth conservationist, Patricio Mariano Silfeni, to restore habitat, Sloth Conservation Foundation, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Jen Guyton / Women holding pot of sprouted and rotting legumes, part of their food stores destroyed by cyclone Idai. Outskirts of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. March 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Red box tree (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epico...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus trees (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus trees (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...

Doug Gimesy / Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus sp.) showing epicormic growth in response to bushfire damage / stress. Eucalyptus trees are some of the most successful resprouters in the world, with extensive epicormic b...