There's something about the ocean that draws one in – maybe the silence, its scale, beauty, or vulnerability. That's what makes the Ocean Photographer of the Year competition so special. It doesn't ...

A marine iguana ‘mid-sneeze’, a troupe of skeleton shrimps that has colonized a gorgonian coral and a spaceship-like jellyfish seemingly departing Earth’s atmosphere are among the wonderful finalists ...

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A spellbinding image of two tiny but vibrant “ladybugs of the sea” has won the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 award. Taken by Indonesia-based photographer Yury Ivanov at his local dive site in ...

The finalists for the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 have been officially revealed, showcasing breathtaking images that celebrate the ocean’s beauty and highlight the urgent need to protect it.

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Overall winner of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025. Two amphipods from the Cyproideidae family, each only measuring around 3mm in body length, rest on a coral. Commonly called ladybugs of the sea, ...