Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an ...

The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life ...

The winner of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 “almost chose itself by being so good,” judges remarked, as a ...

An image of a pair of southern elephant seal pups has won the Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026 contest. Matty ...

The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant ...

More than 7,900 entries were submitted to the competition, with stunning images featuring seal pups, a sunken ship, shrimp and sharks.

Matthew Smith's capture of two sea lions in the Falkland Islands earns him to the Underwater Photographer of the Year award.

A collection of honored images from this year’s competition celebrating “photography beneath the surface of the ocean, lakes, rivers and even swimming pools” ...