Capturing the first underwater color photographs was no mean feat and involved powerful explosives as well as hours and hours of waiting.

The Underwater Photographer of the Year competition concentrates on the impressive variety of photography capturing the fascinating worlds beneath the surface of the ocean, lakes or swimming pools.

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When photographer Suliman Alatiqi heard about Thai macaques — a type of Old World monkey — that swim underwater to catch crabs, he set about documenting their action. Their underwater foraging is not ...

A freediver almost had her own Pinocchio moment — being swallowed up by a whale. Freediver Cindy Yang, 45, a freediving coach ...

Every year, the Underwater Photography Guide invites underwater photographers to send in their best pictures. The results of the 10th annual Ocean Art competition were announced earlier this week, and ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Inquiring minds want to know what it’s like being a baby pygmy hippo—and the staff at Tanganyika Wildlife Park didn’t disappoint! They’ve spent the last several months sharing daily updates on Mars, ...

Adventurous iPhone users wanting to use their devices to take photographs underwater may enjoy better results in the future, as Apple is exploring ways to automatically adjust an image when the ...