Life Cycles Collection

Common Frog - Tadpoles, newly hatched
DOW-22 Common Frog - Tadpoles, newly hatched Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chicken chick - 20 day old chick in egg
LA-2611 Chicken chick - 20 day old chick in egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby/Calf with Mother immediately after birth
STA-153 Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf with Mother immediately after birth Tursiops truncatus Part of a sequence of images Dolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Woodland With Bluebells
LA-1026 Woodland with fallen tree - Bluebells carpet forest floor Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Two-tailed Pasha / Foxy Charaxes
PPG-1620 Twin-tailed / Two-tailed Pasha / Foxy Charaxes Charaxes jasius Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Developing Trout Eggs
PM-3564 Developing Trout Eggs Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way. contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: 020 8318 1401

Chicken chick - Recently hatched from egg
LA-2613 Chicken chick - recently hatched from egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pregnant Seahorse - male
PM-6993 Pregnant Seahorse - male Hippocampus abdominatus Hippocampus abdominalis Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Mallard Duck - duckling at 24 hours. Sequence 4 of 4
JD-15752 Mallard Duck - duckling at 24 hours Sequence 4 of 4 John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bottlenose Dolphin - Mother giving birth to Baby/Calf. Birth Sequence 4. The tail is out
STA-135 Bottlenose Dolphin - Mother giving birth to Baby / Calf. Birth Sequence 4. The tail is out, from this moment normally birth will occur within two hours Tursiops truncatus Part of a sequence

Bottlenose dolphins - pair mating
STA-103 Bottlenose dolphins - pair mating Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions Tursiops truncatus Augusto Leandro Stanzani Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Chicken chick - 10 day old embryo in egg
LA-2610 Chicken chick - 10 day old embryo in egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Beech Tree - Falling leaves
ROG-11778 Beech Tree - Falling leaves autumn Fagus sylvaticus Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Olive Ridley Turtle - hatchling making their way to the water Orissa Coast, India
JVG-2803 Olive Ridley / Golfina TURTLE - hatchlings entering sea / Indian ocean Orissa Coast, India Lepidochelys olivacea Joanna Van Gruisen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Ball Python (Python regius) - Captive hatching from egg - Native to Africa
CAN-3928 Ball Python - Captive hatching from egg Native to Africa Python regius John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Puffballs – releasing spores. UK
BB-1023 Puffballs - releasing spores UK Lycoperdon pyriforme Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Chicken chick - 6 day old embryo in egg
LA-2609 Chicken chick - 6 day old embryo in egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Broad Bean - showing root growth
JD-16083 Broad BEAN - shows roots growing John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Southern Hawker Dragonfly USH 122 Aeshna cyanea © Duncan Usher / ARDEA LONDON
USH-122 Southern HAWKER Dragonfly - newly emerged UK Aeshna cyanea Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Common European toad tadpoles (Bufo bufo), sequence showing development of limbs. Derbyshire, UK. August. Digital composite

Digital composite of Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) caterpillar, pupa, chrysalis and emerging adult

Leaf mimic bush cricket or katydid (unknown species, family Tettigoniidae) in the middle of moulting its skin. Moulting from one sub-adult stage (instar) to another is known as ecdysis

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) expanding wings after emerging from chrysalis on Aquatic milkweed (Asclepias perennis). Hill Country, Texas, USA. Sequence 12/12

Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) expanding wings after emerging from chrysalis, on Passion vine (Passiflora sp). Hill Country, Texas, USA. Sequence 8/9

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) emerging from chrysalis on Aquatic milkweed (Asclepias perennis). Hill Country, Texas, USA. Sequence 1/12

Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) expanding wings after emerging from chrysalis. Hill Country, Texas, USA

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

Mashpi torrenteer (Hyloscirtus mashpi) metamorph part way through metamorphosis from tadpole to frog, portrait, Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador

Coastal glassfrog (Cochranella litoralis) on leaf with eggs. San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Picture No. 11806861
American toad eggs, formerly Bufo americanus, Maryland Date:

Picture No. 11671424
Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar on its food plant. Date:

Common Frog tadpole. Late stage with legs. UK
DOW-250 Common Frog tadpole. Late stage with legs. UK Rana temporaria Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Peacock Butterfly pupa. UK
DOW-222 Peacock Butterfly pupa UK Inachis io Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Pipa Pipa Toad - young emerging from back of female. Amazon
AF-112 Pipa Pipa Toad / Surinam toad - young emerging from back of female. Amazon Pipa pipa Andrea Florence Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Picture No. 11806881
Spider Spider with egg sac on web Klungkung Bali Indonesia Date:

Four stages of ife cycle of butterfly, from egg to adult

Picture No. 11671513
Poplar Hawk Moth caterpillar ready for pupation. Date:

Picture No. 11071199
Bird Cherry Ermine Moth Caterpillar army - Northumberland, UK. Date:

Brimstone Butterfly - Pupa - UK
DAC-770 Brimstone Butterfly - Pupa UK Gonepteryx rhamni David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Poppy - shedding seeds
PPG-1121 Common POPPY - shedding seeds Papaver rhoeas Arable weed, found in fields and on disturbed ground Pascal Goetgheluck contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Cuckoo's egg in Dunnock's nest with eggs
JLM-5291 CUCKOO'S egg - in DUNNOCK / Hedge Sparrows nest with eggs John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bottlenose Dolphin - giving birth - showing new-born having just been delivered - Oltremare lagoon – Riccione – Italy
STA-267 Bottlenose Dolphin - giving birth - showing new-born having just been delivered Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy Tursiops truncatus The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail and Dorsal Fin out - birth will occur within seconds
STA-272 Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail and Dorsal Fin out - birth will occur within seconds Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy Tursiops truncatus The pregnancy lasted 54

Broad Bean - showing root
JD-15828 Broad Bean - shoot appearing above soil Underground, c/u John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Common frog spawn - Clump of spawn photographed underwater, Wiltshire, England, UK
DK-82 Common frog spawn - Clump of spawn photographed underwater Wiltshire, England, UK Rana temporaria David Kilbey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Dartmoor Pony - extremely pregnant
DAD-864 Horse - Dartmoor Pony, very pregnant David C Dixon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Comped image: Common frog tadpoles showing development stages Bedfordshire UK 004997
BB-1418 Common frog tadpoles showing development stages Bedfordshire UK Rana temporaria Comped image Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Blue Tit Eggs SPH 1909 Clutch in nest Parus caerulensi © Steve Hopkin / ARDEA LONDON
SPH-1909 Blue TIT- clutch of eggs. Nest lined with feathers Parus caeruleus Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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"Life Cycles: A Journey of Growth and Transformation" The Common Frog starts its life as tadpoles, newly hatched and eager to explore the world beneath the water's surface. Witness the miracle of a 20-day-old Chicken chick still nestled snugly inside its egg, preparing for its grand entrance into the world. In the vast ocean, a Bottlenose Dolphin calf is born, immediately embraced by its loving mother in their first tender moments together. As spring arrives, woodlands come alive with vibrant bluebells, marking another cycle of nature's beauty and renewal. Behold the captivating Two-tailed Pasha butterfly or Foxy Charaxes gracefully fluttering through meadows, showcasing nature's intricate design. Delicate trout eggs develop slowly in freshwater streams until they hatch into tiny fry, embarking on their own aquatic journey. From within an eggshell emerges a fluffy Chicken chick recently hatched; witness its first steps towards independence and growth. Discover the extraordinary role reversal in seahorses as pregnant males carry developing babies within their pouches until birth occurs. At just 24 hours old, Mallard Duck ducklings waddle alongside their mother on land and glide effortlessly across serene waters - a sight that warms hearts everywhere. With anticipation building up, observe a Bottlenose Dolphin mother giving birth to her calf; once the tail emerges from this moment onward birth will occur within two hours. Dive into the depths where Bottlenose Dolphins engage in an enchanting mating ritual that strengthens bonds between pairs and ensures future generations thrive. Marvel at life's earliest stages as you peer inside an egg containing a 10-day-old Chicken chick embryo - nature's incredible process unfolding before your eyes. In every corner of our diverse planet lies evidence unfolding – reminding us that change is constant, growth is inevitable, and the beauty of transformation is all around us.