Images: Henley Spiers | Jenny Stock | Matty Smith
☝️ You’re looking at some of the finalists from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards.
This year’s top prize went to Julien Anton for her black-and-white photo of an adult seahorse surrounded by newborn babies among the seaweed of French Polynesia.

Every morning, around 1,000 Indian Runner ducks are let loose at South Africa’s Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate, where they spend the day eating aphids, worms, and snails as a natural alternative to pesticides.

Growing up in Richmond, VA, identical twins Travis and Travan were fiercely competitive.

After making history as the first woman to travel beyond low Earth orbit, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned home to North Carolina and spent time answering questions from two dozen elementary school students.
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