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Dolphins ... give birth near the surface of the water so their calf doesn't have far to travel to take its first breath.

Tree snakes ... are born in a sticky membrane to stop them falling out of the branches.

Polar bears ... spend the first three months of their life safe and warm in a den under the snow.

Find out about pregnancy, birth, nurturing and the raising of young in the wild, and how different animals adapt to their environments to ensure the successful delivery of the next generation and the future of the species.

Compare the survival strategies of insects, reptiles, birds, mammals and sharks, and contrast animal types that lay thousands of eggs with species that deliver and rear only one or two young at a time.

See the birth and rearing of baby animals up close in over 180 stunning wildlife pictures.

Michael Chinery, consultant editor for the series, studied botany zoology, geology and anthropology at Cambridge University, England. He has worked as an editor on a science magazine for young people, and on a number of British wildlife magazines. As an editor and writer, he has contributed numerous articles to natural history magazines, and written and edited definitive field guides.