Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale {Balaenoptera brydei / edeni} with throat pleats expanded after feeding on baitball of Sardines {Sardinops sagax} off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. Veolia Environnement...

Michel Roggo / Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) with some stems supporting clusters of Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Plants category of the Wildlife Pho...

Franco Banfi / Diver exploring around an iceberg. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April, 2018. Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 - Third place Adventure category.

Remi Masson / Water lilies (Nymphaea alba) lit by the sun's rays, seen under water. Alps, Ain, France. June. Highly commended in the the Underwater World category, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 201...

Remi Masson / Common toads (Bufo bufo) mating surrounded by strings of toadspawn. Ain, Alps, France. First prize in the category "The Underwater World, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 competiti...

Claudio Contreras / Californian Sealion (Zalophus californianus) in kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benito del Este Island, Baja California Peninsula Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, Ma...

Jordi Chias / European barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena) and Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) circling baitball of Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) Formigas Islets, Azores. Finalist in the Underwater Categ...

Michel Roggo / Water hyacinth (Eichhornia sp.) in a clear stream of the Pantanal, Brazil. Photographed for The Freshwater Project. Finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2017.

Jordi Chias / Two male Dusky groupers (Epinephelus marginatus) fighting for territory during mating season at 'baixa do meros', a small pinnacle at Formigas islets Protected area, near Santa Maria Island, Azores. F...

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of Ame...

Cyril Ruoso / Common frogs (Rana temporaria) and frogspawn in pond, Yonne, Burgundy, France, February. Commended in the Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards competi...

Tony Wu / Twinspot snapper (Lutjanus bohar) engaged in a mass spawning aggregation early in the morning. Caroline Islands, Palau. April. Winner of Underwater category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016.

Nuno Sa / Long snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) in captive breeding laboratory at University of Algarve, Portugal. June 2010. Overall winner of the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition 2015.

Edwin Giesbers / Crested newt (Triturus carnifex) Gelderland, The Netherlands, April. Winner of the Amphibians category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2015. Winner of the Underwater...

Jordi Chias / Atolla jellyfish (Atolla wyvillei) with Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in the background near the surface. Antarctic Peninsula. Finalist in the Underwater category of the Wildlife Photographer of t...

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) underwater view of group feeding, Lake Kirkini, Greece. Highly commended in the GDT competition 2013. Commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards c...

Theo Bosboom / Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn, seen from under bubbling brook, the Netherlands, November. Runner up in Creative Visions category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 competition

Jordi Chias / Green Turtle, (Chelonia mydas), Swimming over volcanic sandy bottom, Armenime cove, South Tenerife coast, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic Ocean, May 2011, Commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Yea...

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Nuno Sa / Great Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), dorsal view against dark water. Over 20 million Blue Sharks are fished annually, as bycatch and due to the high value of their fins. Azores, North Atlantic, Septemb...

Solvin Zankl / Pair of Common european toads (Bufo bufo) with strings of toadspawn, in pond, Germany. Specially commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOY) 2013, Underwater Worlds Category.

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) expeling air and water from mouth through baleen plates after engulfing part of a baitball of Sardines (Clupeidae) with California sea lion (Tetreapturus au...

Graham Eaton / Underneath the ice of Llyn Dinas lake, Snowdonia NP, Wales, December. Commended image in the LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR awards competition 2011

Graham Eaton / Common / Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) swarming in shallow water over kelp, Cardigan Bay, Wales, June. Highly commended in Coast and Marine category, British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...

Michel Roggo / Chub fish (Leuciscus cephalus) and Mute swan (Cygnus color) swimming over, Rhine river, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. RUNNER-UP - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010.

Doug Allan / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming below a whale watching boat, Sue Flood, photographer in boat, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, September 2006, Model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Photographer, Magnus Lundgren, sitting in car boot wearing diving gear, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Michel Loup / Looking up at Pike (Esox lucius) hiding under water lily leaves, Jura mountain lake, France. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 - Highly commended in the 'Animals in their Env...

Michel Loup / Four Pike (Esox lucius) and their reflections under the water surface, amongst Potamogeton sp pondweed in a mountain lake, Jura, France. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 - W...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Photographer, Magnus Lundgren, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008, photographed by Klas Malmberg, model released

Doug Perrine / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} and photographer (James D. Watt), Keahou Bay, Hawaii

Alex Mustard / Black and white photo of school of Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) form a circular shoal in open water, on the drop off of a coral reef. Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea. Highly...

Shane Gross / Bahamas cave fish / cusk eel (Lucifuga spelaeotes) an almost blind fish species, at the bottom of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Awarded in Underwater category, Wildlife Photographer of the...

Alex Mustard / Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) entangled in discarded fishing gear. After taking this photo the photographer was able to free the turtle. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.

Franco Banfi / Pod of sperm whale with diver, (Physeter macrocephalus), Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Photographer of the Year 2022 Competition Winner - Adventure category - Winner.

Franco Banfi / Photographer Franco Banfi in water before diving under sea ice. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April 2018.

Franco Banfi / Photographer Franco Banfi beside iceberg before diving under ice. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April 2018.

Shane Gross / Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) bites onto a female while mating in the shallows, with another male nearby. Eleuthera, Bahamas. Awarded in underwater category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2...

Franco Banfi / Scouting the river on a small boat driven by an electric motor ready to dive, Formoso River, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Robin Chittenden / Loggerhead sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchling with underwater photographer taking picture, Zakynthos, Greece, August.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Nature photographer Magnus Lundgren with underwater camera,, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Alex Mustard / Portrait of photographer Alex Mustard with underwater photography equipment. Small repro only.

David Fleetham / Photographer Doug Perrine photographing an oceanic White Tip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) off the coast of the Big Island, Hawaii. Model released.

David Fleetham / Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) attracted towards photographer by bait. Bahamas, Caribbean.

David Fleetham / Diver / photographer amongst shoal of Black striped salema (Xenocys jassiae), Galapagos Islands, Equador. Model released.

David Fleetham / Photographer / diver watching lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) with remoras. West End, Grand Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean. Model released.

Tony Wu / Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus) mature male in breeding colouration. Niigata, Japan. non-ex. Awarded in Animal Portraits category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.

Alex Mustard / Poss's scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis possi) is trapped in a discarded fishing net, which has continued ghost fishing and is still killing fish. The photographer released this fish from the net after tak...

Franco Banfi / Photographer Franco Banfi diving in the Arctic sea covered with ice, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Arctic Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Photographer Jurgen Freund taking pictures of coral bleaching in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia March 2017. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Photographer Jurgen Freund taking pictures of coral bleaching in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia March 2017. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Photographer Jurgen Freund taking pictures of coral bleaching in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia March 2017. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Photographer Jurgen Freund taking pictures of coral bleaching in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia March 2017. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Photographer Jurgen Freund taking pictures of coral bleaching in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. March 2017. Model released.

Michel Roggo / Photographer Olga Kamenskaya and Dmitry Melamed working in Lake Baikal, Lake Baikal UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siberia, Russia. May 2015. Photographed for The Freshwater Project.

Michel Roggo / Photographer Michel Roggo underwater on location for The Freshwater Project, Lake Malawi, 2015.

Michel Roggo / Photographer Michel Roggo at work photographing underwater in a clear stream for the Freshwater Project, Pantanal, Brazil. November 2016.

Michel Roggo / Underwater view pf photographer Michel Roggo snorkelling in Anhumas Abyss Bonito area, Serra da Bodoquena (Bodoquena Mountain Range), Mato Grosso del Sul, Brazil. November 2012 . Photographed for The...

Michel Roggo / Photographer Michel Roggo snorkelling in the Sense river, Cantons of Fribourg and Bern, Switzerland. July. Photographed for The Freshwater Project.

Ingo Arndt / Wildlife Photographer Ingo Arndt preparing camera in underwater-housing to photograph European Beavers (Castor fiber) , Spessart, Germany, June.

Ingo Arndt / Wildlife Photographer Ingo Arndt taking underwater pictures of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada October.

Ingo Arndt / Wildlife Photographer Ingo Arndt taking underwater pictures of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada October.

Constantinos Petrinos / Underwater photographer Douglas David Seifert in a yellow wetsuit photographing from a shark cage a Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Guadalupe Island or Isla Guadalupe, Pacific Ocean, Mexico...

Constantinos Petrinos / Underwater photographer Douglas David Seifert in a yellow wetsuit photographing from a shark cage a Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Guadalupe Island or Isla Guadalupe, Pacific Ocean, Mexico...

Constantinos Petrinos / Underwater photographer Douglas David Seifert in a yellow wetsuit photographing from a shark cage a Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Guadalupe Island or Isla Guadalupe, Pacific Ocean, Mexico...

Alex Mustard / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) looks out from its hole amongst Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) beneath a forest of Oarweed kelp (Laminaria hyperborea). Farne Islands, Northumberland, U...

Alex Mustard / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) large female exhales a stream of bubbles as she sleeps on shallow seaweeds (Fucus serratus) Lundy Island, Devon, UK, Bristol Channel, August. Highly commended in the Hab...

Franco Banfi / Underwater photographer following behind Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. January 2013. Vulnerable species.

Franco Banfi / Underwater photographer and Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Vulnerable species.

Franco Banfi / Underwater photographer and Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Vulnerable species.

Franco Banfi / Underwater photographer and Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Vulnerable species.

Richard Robinson / Giant kokopu (Galaxias argenteus) two, New Zealand. May.

Richard Robinson / Galaxias argenteus (Giant kokopu) New Zealand. May.

Richard Robinson / Giant kokopu (Galaxias argenteus) two passing each other, New Zealand. May.

Richard Robinson / Giant kokopu (Galaxias argenteus) group of five, New Zealand. May.

Bertie Gregory / Underwater photographer divers swimming over Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) and Rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus) on Jackson Reef, northern Red Sea, February.

Tony Wu / Eric Cheng photographing a large school of Chevron barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) Point P dive stie, Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea.

Olga Kamenskaya / Portrait of photographer Olga Kamenskaya in diving gear, Lake Baikal, Russia, August 2014.

Olga Kamenskaya / Portrait of photographer Olga Kamenskaya in diving gear, Lake Baikal, Russia, February 2008.

Olga Kamenskaya / Portrait of photographer Olga Kamenskaya with camera and diving equipment. Russia, June 2005.

Pascal Kobeh / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) being photographed by photographer underwater, below boat, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Solvin Zankl / Pram bug (Phronima) female with young in nest made from salp body, Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017.

Alex Mustard / Underwater photographer Alex Mustard taking a self-portrait with a friendly young grey seal (Halichoerus grypus). Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, British Isles. North Sea. Model released.

Alex Mustard / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) investigating the leg of the photographer (Alex Mustard). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Oce...

Georgette Douwma / Diver photographing a school of Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) Sipadan, Malaysia. November 2015.

Tony Wu / Grey whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) interacting with photographer whilst approaching tourist boat, Magdalena Bay, Baja, Mexico

Tony Wu / 'Scar' a male Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) at surface, Caribbean. Winner of the Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife Category, in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition (WPO...

Tony Wu / Large aggregation of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) engaged in social activity. Note the abundance of sloughed off skin in the water, resulting from tactile contact among the whales, with cloud...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Underwater photographer, Magnus Lundgren, with his camera, ready to go swimming with whales, Senja, Troms County, Norway, Scandinavia, January 2015.

Franco Banfi / Jim Abernethy photographer explaining how to behave with the sharks when underwater, Northern Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. March 2009.

Franco Banfi / Underwater photographer Franco Banfi with camera and lighting equipment to photograph Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) at night off Santa Rosalia, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific...

Alex Mustard / Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) with photographer Alex Mustard, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea. Model released.

Richard Robinson / Dorid nudibranch (Aphelodoris luctuosa) on a red coral (Errina novazelandiae) in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand..

Richard Robinson / Finger sponge (Callyspongia ramosa) in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Richard Robinson / Kina, sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) in Breaksea Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.