Riddlers must hatch a plot to incubate a single cuddly from 100 eggs. A short, animated video shows them how to avoid producing duddles and fuddles, the more dangerous members of the wuddly family of creatures.

Flap-neck chameleons' motherly instincts are unlike any other. They lay their eggs and leave, never to see their offspring. After a full year, these chameleon babies hatch and fend for themselves. See this video to learn how they...

Sea turtles face a lot of adversity: storms, predators on land and in the sea, and eggs that don't hatch, but the biggest threat to these magnificent and ancient creatures is human activity. From poaching to pollution, from trash to...

Witness the birth of two beautiful West African Dwarf Crocodiles, and watch them get a little help out of their egg shells. [5:16]

Witness the different stages of a young chicken's life cycle in-person at the Academy's hatchery. Chicken eggs hatch 21 days after fertilization; an incubator keeps the eggs uniformly warm and moist leading up to hatching. The right...

An interactive image of a baby chick hatching from an egg from the first pip to its escape from the shell.

An interactive image of a baby chick hatching from an egg from the first pip to its escape from the shell.

In this animated clip, the Kratt brothers take us to observe the hatching of crocodile eggs, and what the mother does when it happens. [2:30]

Hatching out of an egg is hard work. View this amazing video of chicks hatching. [1:30]

A beautiful tour of the bizarre system that keeps chicks from suffocating before they hatch. [3:10]

Our topic for today is Life Cycle of a Butterfly. A butterfly lays eggs on the leaves of a plant. These eggs hatch and young ones called larvae or caterpillars come out of the eggs. The caterpillar starts feeding on the leaves and starts...

The Kratt brothers teach us about the ball python. Up until the hatching of the eggs, the ball python mother is very protective, but once hatched, they must be totally independent. [2:11]

Shortly after being put on exhibit at the Academy, this Caribbean Octopus vulgaris took up residence inside a glass bottle, on full view for adoring fans. Just as quickly, it moved back under a rock and started denning, and laying eggs....