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

See the amazing winning entries from winner from the Underwater Photographer of the Year featuring playful seals, inside the ...

In the pristine wilds of the Antarctic, the mysterious leopard seal rules the animal kingdom. This polar bear-sized top predator has razor-sharp canine teeth and the ability to greatly impact or even ...

An adorable pair of Southern elephant seal pups, photographed in a rockpool on the Falkland Islands, sees Matty Smith from Australia named Underwater ...

Matty Smith from Australia has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026. Smith’s photograph - Rockpool Rookies - triumphed over 7900 ...

Leopard seals may be one of Antarctica’s most fearsome predators, but these vocalizers sing with the structured charm of a child’s nursery rhyme. In a surprising new study, researchers found that the ...

Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and around the ice of one of the most unfriendly and harshest environments on ...

Typical behavior of leopard seal vocalizations—the male will sing a sequence of sounds underwater before returning to the surface to breathe (represented by a "Z") and repeats this cycle for hours at ...

A pioneering study led by Baylor University biologist Sarah Kienle, Ph.D., and published in the journal Polar Biology has unveiled the first paired observations of sexual behavior and vocalizations in ...