Young male keeled skimmer dragonfly (Orthetrum coerulescens), resting on plant stem, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, Europe

Young lily pads grow to the surface along the shallow edge of a freshwater lake in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Vegetation, which provides habitat for fish, amphibians, and reptiles, grows wildly during summer months and then dies off during the fall and wint

Copse of young beech trees, Fagus sylvatica, and conifers in springtime in Swinbrook in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Fern Stems, England

A bee feeding on a sunflower plant in the Loire Valley in France

Young frond fern unrolls in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia

A young beech tree seedling sprouting among dead leaves in the New Forest in Hampshire, England

Sunflower plants standing tall in the Loire Valley in France

Close up of African woman eating apple

Caucasian teenage girl holding flower

Hispanic girl in front of height marker

Hispanic sisters in corn field

Caucasian teenage girl holding bouquet of flowers

Omo river in Ethiopia

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) hatching

Tawny owl (Strix aluco), Nestling on tree stump, Hattingen, Germany, Europe

Tawny owl (Strix aluco), Nestling on tree stump, Hattingen, Germany, Europe

Mid section view of a young woman picking a flower

Hawaii, United States Of America, Hawaiian Common Gallinule (Gallinula Chloropus Sandvicensis) Chick In Water Next To Stem Of Taro

Girl holding sunflowers

Scaly-breasted munias on a branch, Royal Bardia NP Nepal