The Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026 winners have been announced! This UK-based competition celebrates the best photography beneath the surface of oceans, lakes, rivers, and even ...

From playful and delicate marine life to dramatic encounters with powerful predators, these winning photos capture remarkable ...

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

The 2026 competition received more than 7,934 entries from around the world, showing everything from tiny sea creatures to huge underwater landscapes. Australian photographer Matty Smith was revealed ...

This year's gallery of winning images brings to attention a potpourri of mysterious, hidden sights and marine creatures that ...

Dog boops. Cat boops. Sea lion boops? You bet. A young South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) approaches divers off the coast of the West Falkland Islands, curious about the human visitors. He ...

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

An assistant escorts a model as she dives to a location of an underwater photo shoot in the Red Sea in the resort city of Eilat October 23, 2013. A shipwreck was a popular location at this year's ...

(CNN) — Fighting fish, thirsty camels and hairy shrimp are all featured among the winning images of the 2025 Underwater Photographer of the Year competition. (CNN) — Fighting fish, thirsty camels and ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida photographer went more than 163 feet under for a record-breaking photoshoot. “It feels like a story... Contrasting the beauty and calm and elegance of a model on something ...

For what is likely the first time, a Ross seal has been photographed below the ocean's surface. Ross seals, the smallest and rarest members of the Antarctic true seal family, are incredibly elusive.

Photos from your wedding day are incredibly special no matter their setting, but one couple took their photos on their big day to the next level — they had their photographer, Kimber Greenwood of ...