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Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana), tending eggs which have been laid along a buoy line, taken at dusk, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana), tending eggs which have been laid along a buoy line, taken at dusk, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) tending eggs which have been laid along a buoy line, taken at dusk, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

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

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

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

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

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Adult rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island, Falkland Islands

Adult Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps) returning to the colony with nesting material, Falkland Islands

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

Young adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding young pup's head underwater trying to kill it, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Painted Locust (Schistocerca melanocera) mating in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) detail at breeding and nesting colony at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), at breeding colony at Brown Bluff on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii), surfacing in Stanley Harbor in the Falkland Islands, South America

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) adult feeding chick at breeding colony at Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) breeding and molting at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup as skuas (Catharacta antarctica) fight for the afterbirth, South Georgia

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), pair in courtship display at nesting site on New Island, Falklands, South America

Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica), ecstatic display at breeding colony at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Yellow-footed gull (Larus livens), eggs in nest on Isla Coronado, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera, found in a sandstone crevice on Bigge Island, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Close up of the eggs of a common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in an advanced state of maturation; the eyes of the small octopuses can already be seen. The mother takes care of the eggs, protecting and aerating them without stopping, not eating anymore after laying them, and dying immediately after hatching.

Jennifer Carroll, oyster hatchery manager and researcher at Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore MD.She is holding a diploid Asian oyster C. ariakensis in the "algae kitchen" in the biosecure laboratory. She is studying reproduction to determine whether to introduce into the bay.

African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), also known as the Senegal wattled plover or simply wattled lapwing, mating, Chobe river, Chobe National Park, Bostwana

Vallee de la Claree, Kuepfer's Buttercup (Ranunculus kuepferi) bed and hiker on the GR57, Nevache, Hautes-Alpes, France

Icelandic landscape, field of Nootka Lupine with snowy mountains in the background, Southern, Region Iceland

Giant red-legged African millipedes (Ephibolus pulchripes) mating often called Mombasa trains or chongololos Mombasa Kenya

Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) in full fructification in a meadow under a stormy sky, Seyssel, Haute-Savoie, France

Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) in full fructification in a meadow under a stormy sky, Seyssel, Haute-Savoie, France

Typical Landes forest, Landes de Gascogne NP, ferns, maritime pines, heather, autumn, Lit-et-Mixe, Landes, France

Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), an oviparous mammal of Australia. Short-beaked Echidnas feed on Ants and termites, the spiky coat, which can differ in color and density in Australia, is protecting the Echidna from predators. Australia, South Australia

A male lion, Panthera leo, snarls as he mates with a submissive female below. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Typical Landes forest, Landes de Gascogne NP, ferns, maritime pines, heather, autumn, Lit-et-Mixe, Landes, France