hatching
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Once cameras inside the coolers show that sand above the eggs is beginning to settle — a sign that hatching has started — they’ll be kept in a dark location until evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
After hatching, the larvae burrow into the tissue and begin feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
On Saturday, visitors alerted staff after spotting 10 Nile crocodiles hatching without any human intervention.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The park, in Bourton-on-the-Water, also completed the most recent successful hatching of a king penguin in the UK in 2014.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Every culture has a myth of the world before creation, and of the creation of the world, often by the mating of the gods or the hatching of a cosmic egg.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
In all, OdySea Aquarium now has 40 African penguins and has recorded 13 successful hatchings.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
In June, zookeepers found four clutches; 11 of the healthiest-looking eggs were incubated, leading to 11 hatchings in August.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
The tiny flying insects, also known as midgies, usually appear in two hatchings and thrive in wet and warm conditions.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022
Rauch said it’s the District’s first year without any eagle hatchings in 20 years.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2019
With the newly hatched salmon in the Miramichi that spring of 1954 were young of previous hatchings, salmon a year or two old, young fish in brilliant coats marked with bars and bright red spots.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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