Parenting Collection (page 100)

Barbary Macaques grooming young
DOW-170 Barbary Macaques grooming young. Macaca sylvanus Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Female Bennett's Wallaby with joey in pouch
DOW-160 Female Bennett's Wallaby with joey in pouch. Macropus rufgriseus Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Barbary Macaque with young on back
DOW-169 Barbary Macaque with young on back. Macaca sylvanus Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Golden Retriever feeding puppies
DOW-156 Dog - Golden Retriever feeding puppies Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Grey Seal - cow on a sandy beach with flipper resting on head of new born calf. England, UK
DK-191 Grey Seal - cow on a sandy beach with flipper resting on head of new born calf Lincolnshire, England, UK Halichoerus grypus David Kilbey Please note that prints are for personal display

Sika Deer - hind cleaning new born calf. Dorset, UK
DK-185 Sika Deer - hind cleaning new born calf Dorset, UK Cervus nippon David Kilbey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Grey Seal - cow on a sandy beach nose-to-nose with new born calf. England, UK
DK-192 Grey Seal - cow on a sandy beach nose-to-nose with new born calf Lincolnshire, England, UK Halichoerus grypus David Kilbey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Redpoll - at nest with young
DH-1070 Common REDPOLL - female, at nest with chicks Carduelis flammea Distribution: Arctic, North America, Scandinavia, Europe Formerly

Goldcrest - at nest with young
CK-1408 GOLDCREST - and chicks in nest Regulus regulus Chris Knights Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Grey Partridge - female on edge of barley stubble field with young - July - Gooderstone Noroflk UK
CK-4458 Grey Partridge - female on edge of barley stubble field with young July - Gooderstone Norfolk UK Perdix perdix Chris Knights Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Grey Partridge - female & chicks dust bathing
CK-4206 Grey PARTRIDGE - female and chicks dust bathing Perdix perdix Chris Knights Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Suricate / Meerkat - young suckling Kalahari Desert, Africa
CH-5812 Suricate / Meerkat - young suckling Kalahari Desert, Africa. Suricata suricatta Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Grey Heron - Lapwing attacking Heron to drive it away from it's chick - June - Breckland - Norfolk - UK
CK-4452 Grey Heron - Lapwing (vanellus vanellus) attacking Heron to drive it away from it's chick June - Breckland - Norfolk - UK Ardea cinerea Chris Knights Please note that prints are for

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Defending nest with eggs -New York-The most common
CAN-3803 Canada Goose - Defending nest with eggs New York - USA Branta canadensis John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Giant Water Bug - Male with Eggs on Back - Family Belostomatidae - Females lay their eggs on the back of the male which
CAN-3769 Giant Water Bug - Male with Eggs on Back Females lay their eggs on the back of the male which carries them around until they hatch Family Belostomatidae John Cancalosi Please note that

Roseate Tern - on nest with eggs
BS-303 Roseate Tern - on nest with eggs Sterna dougallii Bryan Sage Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother with infant in rain - Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa
AW-6801 Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother with infant in rain Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa Gorilla gorilla beringei Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Yellow Hammer - adult at nest with chicks
BB-103 YELLOWHAMMER - adult and young at nest Emberiza citrinella Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Ape: Mountain Gorilla - infant on mother back, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa
AW-6785 Ape: Mountain Gorilla - infant on mother back Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa Gorilla gorilla beringei Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother Amareba with newborn infant - Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa
AW-6794 Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother Amareba with newborn infant Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa Gorilla gorilla beringei Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Ape: Mountain Gorillas - female with infant on back, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa
AW-6778 Ape: Mountain Gorillas - female with infant on back Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa Gorilla gorilla beringei Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Bulldog ant - workers attending brood in observation nest
AUS-503 Bulldog ant - workers attending brood in observation nest. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Bulldog ant - worker in observation nest
AUS-507 Bulldog ant - worker in observation nest. Australia Myrmecia gulosa Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Bulldog ant - offering trophic egg to larva. Trophe = nourishment; trophic eggs are laid solely to feed the larvae
AUS-501 Bulldog ant - offering trophic egg to larva. Trophe = nourishment; trophic eggs are laid solely to feed the larvae

Smooth Anglefish, Phyllophryne scortea, unusual colour morph female with eggs, Stansbury, South Australia, Australia
AUS-1518 Smooth anglerfish - an unusual colour morph female with eggs. Stansbury, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Phyllophryne scortea John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Tasmanian clingfish guarding eggs inside an old razor shell
AUS-1507 Tasmanian clingfish guarding eggs inside an old razor shell. Port Hughes, South Australia Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Southern Blue Ring Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, a Female Blue Ring Octopus with eggs, Edithburgh, South Australia
AUS-1488 Southern blue-ringed octopus, female with eggs. Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Hapalochlaena maculosa John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Hooded Seal - with suckling young 
FG-6785 Hooded Seal - with suckling young Cystophora cristata Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Dromedary Camel - with young suckling - Goulmima, Morocco
AGR-707 Dromedary Camel - with young suckling Goulmima, Morocco Camelus dromedarius Alan Greensmith Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Malawi Fish - female - collecting fry in her mouth
AEB-2719 Lake Malawi Fish - female with fry in mouth, (mouthbrooder) Melanochromis joanjohnsonae exasperatus Elizabeth Bomford Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

African Elephant - Amboseli National Park - Kenya - Africa
FL-733 African ELEPHANT - adult with calf, feeding in swamp Amboseli National Park, Kenya, Africa Loxodonta africana Ferrero Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Four barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) chicks chirp as parent approaches nest with food, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States of America, North America

Infant chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) being groomed, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Red-footed booby incubating in the rain. (Sula sula). Genovesa Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Swallow (Hirundo rustica) feeding young. Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland, UK
Philip Price / SplashdownDirect

Galapagos sea lion mother and young lying side by side. (Zalophus californianus wollbaeki)
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Mother and new born Galapagos sea lion sniffing each other. (Zalophus californianus wollbaeki)
David Day / SplashdownDirect

2. Mother grasping new born. (Zalophus californianus wollbaeki). Punta Suarez, Espa ola Island, Galapagos
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Polar Bear cubs (Ursus maritimus) running on open snow, Churchill, Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Canada
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent with two downy chicks on Pleneau Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula
Michael S. Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Humpback whale mother and calf in shallow water off the island of Lanai, Hawaii, USA
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Humpback whale mother and calf off Halepalaoa Landing, Hawaii
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Nazca booby. (Sula dactylatra). Very rare sighting of adult with two chicks, despite normal obligate siblicide
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Blue-footed booby pair with 5 chicks. The maximum number of chicks is normally 3. (Sula nebouxii)
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Young marine iguanas on top of adult. (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Adult swallow-tailed gull giving the alram on nest with small fluffy chick. (Creagrus furcatus)
David Day / SplashdownDirect

Blue-footed booby with 2 young chicks. (Sula nebouxii). North Seymour Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
David Day / SplashdownDirect

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"Unbreakable Bonds: The Essence in the Animal Kingdom" In the vast meadows of Lower Saxony, Germany, a Highland Cow and her calf showcase the timeless beauty of parenting. The young calf seeks comfort and security in its mother's embrace, reminding us that love knows no bounds. Across the icy waters of Alaska, an Alaskan/Northern Sea Otter carries her precious pup on her chest. In this heartwarming display of affection, she ensures her little one is safe from harm as they navigate through their watery world. Traveling back in time to 1906, we witness a tender moment captured by Gari Melchers. A mother and child share an unspoken connection that transcends generations. This masterpiece serves as a reminder that parenting has always been at the core of human existence. Monterey Bay becomes a stage for another remarkable act of parental devotion as a Sea Otter cradles her young pup under three weeks old. With every gentle touch and protective gesture, she teaches us about selflessness and nurturing instincts. At San Diego Zoo in California, USA, we encounter a Giant Panda female holding her four-month-old cub born within captivity. As spectators admire their adorable bond from afar, it reminds us that even in artificial environments like zoos or cities, parenthood remains sacred. Venturing into central Africa's lush jungles lies another extraordinary example - a Gorilla carrying her baby with utmost care through Congo's dense forests. Their close-knit relationship reflects the strength found within family units across all species. On Texel Island in Holland stands an elegant Great Crested Grebe transporting not just one but three chicks on her back. Through this incredible feat of balance and dedication to protecting offspring until they are ready to face the world alone. The mighty Hippopotamus may seem intimidating at first glance; however, these gentle giants exhibit exceptional maternal instincts when it comes to their young.