Most humans never witness the sea’s thriving and diverse ecosystem. Golden gobies make a discarded bottle on the sea floor their home. The photographer mentions, "I felt as if the couple came up to ...

Henrik Sorensen specializes in underwater photography, but he doesn’t snap pictures of fish. He slips into pools with fully clothed dancers, soccer players, skateboarders and others to make portraits ...

Alicia Ward — better known as “Alicia Underwater” thanks to her wildly popular Instagram account — is on a mission: Show off the amazing aquatic wildlife of Hawaii in the most respectful way, not ...

A Tremoctopus gracilis in the waters around Anilao, Philippines. (Photo: Cai Songda/Caters News) A Tremoctopus gracilis in the waters around Anilao, Philippines. (Photo: Cai Songda/Caters News) ...

Diving beneath the tides opens up an entirely new world for photographers — and the annual Underwater Photographer of the Year competition highlights underwater composition, from dancing octopuses to ...

Michael Patrick O’Neill went from swimming with corporate sharks to real ones. He turned a hobby of underwater photography ...

Now in its 7th year, the Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition offers up an extraordinary collection of underwater imagery spanning everything from abstract art photography to amazing images of ...

A Pacific Man-of-War (Physalia utriciulus) floats in the darkness in Bushrangers Bay, New South Wales, Australia. This dramatic shot was captured by photographer Matty Smith and won Best of Show in ...

Photographer Greg Lecoeur of France is the newly crowned Underwater Photographer of the Year. He beat nearly 5,500 other entries from 500 photographers by expertly operating his camera in frigid ...

Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science ...