More than 7,900 entries were submitted to the competition, with stunning images featuring seal pups, a sunken ship, shrimp and sharks.
A charming image of two southern elephant seal pups in a Falklands rock pool has earned Australian photographer Matty Smith ...
A photographer rushed into the water with baby seals – and the adorable photo just won a major award
The winner of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 “almost chose itself by being so good,” judges remarked, as a photo of seal pups takes top honors ...
Sharks are ancient creatures—even older than land dinosaurs —and they’ve evolved to swim in almost all the world’s ocean waters. Still, many scientists suspected that the animals didn’t live in ...
A short flight from Cape Town, lands into Skukuza in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Its tiny airport resembles a safari lodge that sits in the middle ...
An image of a pair of southern elephant seal pups has won the Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026 contest. Matty ...
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