(CNN) — A spellbinding image of two tiny but vibrant “ladybugs of the sea” has won the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 award. Taken by Indonesia-based photographer Yury Ivanov at his local dive ...

A marine iguana ‘mid-sneeze’, a troupe of skeleton shrimps that has colonized a gorgonian coral and a spaceship-like jellyfish seemingly departing Earth’s atmosphere are among the wonderful finalists ...

STICKING OUR FEET IN THE SAND? It's a pleasurable pursuit that we can dream of doing down the road. Same with waving at an otter, pointing out a gull swooping overhead, or feeling the ephemeral power ...

and a beautiful photo of a female yellow pygmy goby fish releasing newly-hatched larvae from her mouth. “The winners of this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year remind us that photography is more ...