An incredibly badass photo that’s emerged from the 2025 Ocean Photographer Of The Year competition shows a juvenile orca going above and beyond as it hunts a harbour seal despite being at an age where most orcas are still relying on milk. That this powerful image earned photographer Yifan Ling second place in the wildlife category demonstrates the calibre of this year's competition, which highlights in a dazzling portfolio of images that there is beauty – big and small – to be found everywhere in the marine environment. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Small got a big shout-out in this year’s overall winner, which went to Indonesia-based macro expert, Yury Ivanov. The winning image showed two “ladybugs of the sea” sitt

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