Photo Contest

August 20, 2025

Incredible Finalists of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest

Oceanographic Magazine has sifted through thousands of entrants and narrowed down the finalists of its Ocean Photographer of the Year contest. Presented together with Blancpain, the competition celebrates the beauty of our ocean and highlights why it must be protected at all costs. The 2025 finalists are spread across seven categories that include everything from photographs of extraordinary wildlife to a look at the environmental impact humans have on the ocean.

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August 6, 2025

Mangrove Photography Awards 2025 Reveals Winning Images Celebrating the Wonders of Mangroves

The Mangrove Photography Awards recently announced its 2025 competition winners, and the results offer a stunning glimpse into our natural world. An initiative of the Mangrove Action Project, this unique contest centers on conservation storytelling to celebrate the beauty, diversity, and, ultimately, fragility of global mangrove forests. It offers a platform to share the story of the mangrove, which is a shrub or tree that grows along coastlines and tidal rivers.

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June 26, 2025

A Lemur Leaping Across a Ravine Wins the 2025 BigPicture Natural World Competition

A bold lemur striking out in search of food won Zhou Donglin the top honor in the 2025 BigPicture Photography Competition. Taken in Madagascar at the end of the dry season, the courageous lemur brings her baby along for the ride, leaping over a ravine to ensure that her infant is fed. It's images like this that define the contest, now in its 12th year.

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