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The Nature Photography Contest has unveiled its breathtaking 2025 winners, featuring everything from playful wildlife moments to urgent environmental messages. Thomas Vijayan's powerful image of an orangutan pleading for its vanishing forest home took the top prize.
A young photographer joined her local women's rugby team after watching the Red Roses compete, turning her newfound passion into a career-launching documentary project. Her work now captures the sisterhood and resilience of grassroots women's rugby while she pursues professional sports photography.
A curious manatee swam right up to an underwater camera in Miami and made direct eye contact before floating away. The 24/7 livestream just broke the world record for longest underwater timelapse at over 1,000 days of filming.
China just completed a 10-day trial of an underwater energy storage system that could help solve one of renewable energy's biggest challenges. The technology stores excess power underwater, making clean energy more reliable.
A groundbreaking project is putting cameras in the hands of young migrants, letting them share their journeys through their own eyes. The GRABS initiative uses photography and podcasts to showcase hope and resilience across borders.
A student team from BRAC University just earned national recognition for designing an autonomous underwater vehicle from scratch. Their innovation shows how young engineers are putting Bangladesh on the global robotics map.
Australian engineers just cracked a problem that's stumped builders for decades: how to 3D print concrete structures directly underwater without chemicals or complex staging. This breakthrough could transform how we build and repair ports, bridges, and coastal defenses around the world.
A new ocean floor testing system lets scientists and businesses trial underwater technology in real conditions for the first time. The breakthrough could solve two of the biggest challenges holding back ocean innovation.
A Nebraska photographer is transforming hospital hallways into galleries of natural beauty, offering patients and families moments of peace during difficult times. Chuck Starr's wildlife and nature photography now fills CHI Health Good Samaritan's Walkway Gallery through July.
After 11 years and 10 million visitors, Lisbon's Oceanarium is gracefully closing its iconic "Forests Underwater" exhibition, honoring the Japanese artist's vision that nothing should last forever. The world's largest nature aquarium required 11,000 hours of underwater maintenance to preserve its beauty.
Fourteen divers in the Andaman Islands formed a 22.3-meter human stack underwater, breaking a world record just one day after unfurling the largest underwater flag ever recorded. The back-to-back achievements are putting these tropical islands on the map as a world-class diving destination.
A Chicago real estate agent bought a box of old negatives for $380 in 2007, unknowingly uncovering over 100,000 photos by Vivian Maier, now considered one of the greatest street photographers in history. The nanny who secretly documented life for decades never showed her work to anyone.
A Dutch photographer invented a 35mm film camera that delivers stunning panoramic photos for under $800, making a format once reserved for wealthy collectors accessible to everyday photographers. The BeerPAN uses affordable standard film instead of expensive medium-format stock.
Aquanauts spending weeks on the ocean floor experience profound awe similar to astronauts viewing Earth from space. Their underwater insights could help people reconnect with our planet's seas.
Scientists created a flexible robotic wing that senses water currents and adapts like a bird or fish, slashing underwater jolts by 87%. The breakthrough could make ocean robots safer, smarter, and far more energy efficient.
Scientists accidentally discovered that bumblebee queens can survive underwater for a week by actually breathing beneath the surface. This remarkable adaptation helps protect species that nest underground during winter flooding.
Florida Atlantic University just scored $1 million to solve one of the ocean's biggest technology challenges: helping underwater robots talk to each other in real time. The breakthrough could transform everything from defense operations to ocean conservation.
China just switched on the world's first underwater data center powered by offshore wind turbines, slashing energy use and eliminating the need for freshwater cooling. The groundbreaking facility could reshape how we think about powering our digital future.
Scientists accidentally discovered that hibernating queen bumblebees can breathe underwater for up to a week, solving the mystery of how these vital pollinators survive spring floods. This remarkable adaptation could help us understand how bee populations will cope with climate change.
Snorkelers in the Florida Keys have been diving to an underwater music festival since 1985, where mermaids and musicians play submerged instruments to protect coral reefs. The event draws thousands to Looe Key Reef, raising awareness for the only living coral barrier reef in North America.
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