Beehive Ginger (Zingiber spectabile), a deciduous plant that grows from a rhizome to over seven feet tall, Ecuador, South America

Farmer planting rice seedlings, young rice sprouts in a field, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia, Asia

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, called weaners once their mothers stop nursing, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Cotton crop, Gossypium hirsutum, growing in plantation in the Deep South, Mississippi, USA

Cotton crop, Gossypium hirsutum, growing in plantation at Frogmore Farm in the Deep South, Ferriday, Louisiana, USA

The young caterpillars once hatched make silk compounds within which they start their growing process which takes about two weeks. The silk enclosure helps to protect them against potential predators. . Isle of White, UK. Isle of White, UK

Grape mash, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa