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Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) male carrying eggs, swims over seagrass meadow. Wool Bay, Edithburgh, South Australia. Gulf of St Vincent
Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) male carries eggs through a kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is the only part of Australia with giant kelp forests
Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), female with recently laid eggs, captive, native to Eastern United States
Two Asian weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), queens founding a new nest, tending to eggs, West Bengal, India
Ultramel Okeetee corn snake, with recently laid eggs, an interspecies hybrid between a Corn snake, (Pantherophis guttatus), and a Grey rat snake (Pantherophis spiloides)
Female Peacock-mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) carrying her eggs, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Common Frog (Rana temporaria), and frogspawn in a pond, Coldharbour, Surrey, England. March. Highly commended in the Animal Portrait category of the BWPA Competition 2019
Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female laying eggs, Sark, British Channel Islands, August
Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) nest with six eggs, Alsace, France
Red-footed booby (Sula sula), pair looking at one another on nest in tree. Egg is nest. Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Nazca booby (Sula granti) at nest with egg. Overlooking sea, Gardner Islet, Floreana Island, Galapagos. December 2014
Grass snake(Natrix natrix) coiled round eggs, Alsace, France
Eggs of Common whelk (Buccinum undatum) on seaweed washed up on beach, Sark, British Channel Islands
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) with Snow goose egg in mouth, mid moult from winter to summer fur, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) perched on branch, holding egg in its bill before swallowing it, Pantanal, Brazil
Male Dendtric jawfish (Opistognathus dendriticus) with incubating eggs in his mouth, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
Tiger cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon) male mouth brooding a clutch of eggs behind his sharp teeth. Gubal Island, Egypt. Strait Of Gubal, Red Sea
Sculpin (Bero elegans) eggs. Hokkaido, Japan. May
Coscoroba swan (Coscoroba coscoroba) at nest with eggs. La Pampa, Patagonia, Argentina. February
Greater rhea (Rhea americana) nest with many eggs, at edge of arable field. Patagonia, Argentina. October
Pine marten (Martes martes) carrying a birds egg. Black Isle, Scotland, UK. September. Camera trap image
Common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), male toad carrying eggs, Vaucluse, France
Spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) just hatched from egg case that is on Seafan (Paramuricea clavata), Ullastres seamount, Costa Brava, Llafranch, Catalunya, Spain
Clarks anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), pair tending to egg mass placed beside the protection of an anemone. Yap, Micronesia
Common frog (Rana temporaria) among mass of frogspawn, Brasschaat, Belgium. March
Hooded crown (Corvus cornix) flying with egg in beak, Danube Delta, Romania. May
Red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) on nest with eggs, Arcos de la Frontera, southern Spain, May
Underwater view of Toads (Bufo bufo) and toadspawn in lake, Ain, Alps, France
Jumping spider (Lyssomanes sp. ) femaleJumping spider (Lyssomanes sp.) female, guarding its eggs on a leaf, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Focus stacked
Two banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus) female, incubating eggs on nest on pebbly beach, Cerro Avanzado protected area, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina
Spawning Leaf corals (Pavona decussata). Spawning is synchronized over a large area with many coral colonies, Kyushu, Japan, Pacific Ocean. July
Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) preparing to lay another egg on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Common murre / guillemot (Uria aalge) and Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) eggs foraged from Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland. May 2018
Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nest containing four eggs, in cattail marsh, New York, USA, June
Red-backed toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea) male, guarding eggs in nest under rotten log, Border Ranges, Queensland, Australia
Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) hatching from egg, mouth open. Captive, occurs in South East Europe
Male Gold-specs jawfish (Opistognathus randalli), with mouth brooding eggs, the eyes can clearly be seen in the eggs indicating they will soon hatch, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia, Celebes Sea
European cave spider (Meta menardi) pendulous egg sac containing its brood of young, hanging in cave, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. November
Female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) carrying egg sac, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June
Male Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) sitting on eggs for his brooding period in an artificial nest, Italy
Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), incubating eggs with webbed feet, Seymour Island, Galapagos, South America
Giant damselfish (Microspathodon dorsalis) guarding egg mass, Coronado Island, Loreto Bay National Park, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico, August
Close-up abstract of the eggs of kelp greenling fish (Hexagrammos decagrammus) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Safety in Numbers - Giant Shield bug nymphs (Pycanum sp.), recently hatched from eggs, with a final individual still to emerge
Two eggs of the threatened Hooded plover (Thinornis rubricollis) on a beach. Skenes Creek, Victoria, Australia. Taken under the supervision of Hooded plover monitoring volunteer and ex Parks officer
Subantarctic or Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) stealing an egg from a Royal penguin colony (Eudyptes schlegeli) on Macquarie Island, Australian Territory
Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) barks a warning as it guards a clutch of developing eggs (beneath it) laid on a small stone, below a fold in its home
Nest of Crumps treefrog (Dendropsophus brevifrons). The eggs develop within the nest suspended over a rainforest pond. The tadpoles drop into the water fully formed, so avoiding aquatic predators
Happy Eddie (Haploblepharus edwardsii) egg case / mermaids purse. False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. June
Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagensis) at nest with landscape. Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos
Little tern (Sterna albifrons) three eggs in nest scrape, County Wicklow, Ireland, June
Frog (Rana temporaria) spawn amongst invasive Fairy fern (Azolla filiculoides) from garden pond. Photographed in aquarium, controlled conditions. Surrey, England, UK. March
Pair of Western clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) spawning orange eggs on the rock beneath their Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) home on a coral reef
False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion oceallaris) guarding their eggs laid on a coral rock beneath a sea anemonePhilippines. Bohol Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean
After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days a first hatchling Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) emerges out of the sand, Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, Caribbean region, Netherlands Antilles
Red snappers / Two-spot red snappers (Lutjanus bohar) mass shoal of fish spawning, Palau, Philippine Sea. A few black and white snappers (Macolor niger) have crawled into the school to eat the eggs
Sarayacu clownfrog (Dendropsophus sarayacuensis) with its clutch of eggs developing and starting to drop off from a leaf into the water below, where the tadpoles will develop
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest, North coast, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos
Ring-tailed cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus), male protecting and incubating eggs in mouth, Philippines
Arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus) in snow carrying snowgoose egg, Wrangel Island, Far East Russia, May
American wigeon (Anas / Mareca americana) nest with seven eggs, Anchorage Provincial Park, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada, June
Yellow-spotted salamander eggs (Ambystoma maculatum) showing symbiosis with green algae, New Brunswick, Canada, May 2015
Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) incubating egg, Puerto Pajas, Isabela Island, Galapagos
Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) in translucent egg casing on the reef, Philippines, Asia
Male Yellow-headed jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) blows out the clutch of eggs he is incubating in his mouth to oxygenate them. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies
A female (in front) and male Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) over eggs in their spawning river. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October
Orange-finned anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) guarding their recently spawned red eggs on a rock next to the host anemone. Rock Islands, Palau, Micronesia. Tropical west Pacific Ocean
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) with Snow goose egg in mouth, mid moult from winter to summer fur, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, May
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) emerging from shell, Dalyan delta, Turkey, July
Humayuns night frog (nyctibatrachus humayuni), male guarding cluster of eggs on leaf. Western Ghats Amboli, Maharashtra, India. Endemic
Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) on nest, Gough Island, Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Atlantic
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) in summer moult stealing Snow goose (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) egg, with Snow goose flapping wings cand calling, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June
Frog spawn {Rana temporaria} just a 1-2 days old, backlit on lightbox, Cornwall, UK. January 2012
Fleischmanns glassfrog (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni) male attending eggs on the underside of a leaf overhanging a rainforest stream
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) sitting on egg, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May
Las Gralarias Glassfrog (Nymphargus lasgralarias) spawn with tadpoles developing in eggs hanging from leaf, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador
Minute Glassfrog (Centrolene peristictum) male guarding eggs, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador, Vulnerable species
Common frog (Rana temporaria) in water with spawn, Brasschaat, Belgium, March
Newly hatched ducklings with eggs
Coastal glassfrog (Cochranella litoralis) on leaf with eggs. San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Tiger cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon) male mouthbrooding eggs in his mouth. Gubal Barge, Gubal Island, Egypt. Strait of Gubal, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea
Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June