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  • Scheme for in vitro fertilisation
  • Mouse blastocyst 3.5 days after fertilisation
  • An operation to collect eggs from a woman for in vitro fertilisation. Lithograph by Virginia Powell, 1997.
  • A man in traditional Chinese dress pours faeces (for vegetable fertilisation) from his pail into a well, Kuching Sarawak, Borneo. Photograph by A.R. Wellington, 1908.
  • A man in traditional Chinese dress scoops faeces (for vegetable fertilisation) from a well with a wooden ladle, Kuching Sarawak, Borneo. Photograph by A.R. Wellington, 1908.
  • Newly fertilised human egg
  • Desert and fertile land watered by the Nile
  • Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • A clubmoss (Lycopodium selago): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • God hangs over the world, gathering the waters and creating fertile earth. Line engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.
  • The third day of Creation: God creates the fertile earth. Line engraving by E. van den Bosche after M. de Vos.
  • The need for bones to be supplied to make glue, fertiliser, soap, and other products. Colour lithograph by D. Dekk, ca. 1946/1948.
  • The need for bones to be supplied to make glue, fertiliser, soap, and other products. Colour lithograph by D. Dekk, ca. 1946/1948.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.
  • Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.): fertile stem with description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by J. Basire, the younger, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • A man in traditional Chinese dress carries pails of faeces, supported by a pole across his back, with which he will fertilise a vegetable garden, Kuching Sarawak, Borneo. Photograph by A.R. Wellington, 1908.
  • How do you like your eggs in the morning? Fertilised or unfertlised? : Nowadays, when you have sex, you need to protect yourself. Condoms are the only sure way ... / Durex Information Service for Sexual Health.
  • Human saliva displaying ferning. During the fertile phase of a woman's menstrual cycle an oestrogen surge causes salt crystals to appear in the saliva. When viewed under the microscope the crystalline salt structure resembles fern leaves and can be used as an indication of a woman's increased chances of conceiving at this time.
  • Human saliva displaying ferning. During the fertile phase of a woman's menstrual cycle an oestrogen surge causes salt crystals to appear in the saliva. When viewed under the microscope the crystalline salt structure resembles fern leaves and can be used as an indication of a woman's increased chances of conceiving at this time.
  • Human saliva displaying ferning. During the fertile phase of a woman's menstrual cycle an oestrogen surge causes salt crystals to appear in the saliva. When viewed under the microscope the crystalline salt structure resembles fern leaves and can be used as an indication of a woman's increased chances of conceiving at this time.
  • Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, 1986. The Kathmandu Valley is situated in Nepal's Hill Region ('Pahar' in Nepali - altitutides 1000-4000 metres), and is the country's most fertile and urbanised area as well as being its political and cultural centre. The hills, sculpted into a vast complex of terraces, are extensively cultivated. Hill farmers produced food staples, mostly rice and corn, although this is still a food-deficit area. Other crops include wheat, millet, barley, sugarcane, tobacco, potatoes and oilseed. The climate is mild with summer temperatures reaching 30 degrees C and winter temperatures about 10 degrees C. The most common trees are oak, alder, jacaranda and rhododendron.
  • Human embryo for IVF
  • Human embryo for IVF