Image source, João Pontes This second place entry in the Young Ocean Photographer of the Year category shows a perfectly camouflaged lizardfish with prey in its mouth. It was taken in Hawaii.
Coastal, drone and underwater images are all entered in the competition, showing the wonder of the ocean, and environmental challenges it faces. Here a diver is photographed with a fishtail costume. She is swimming with a school of sardines in the Philippines.
Here you can see scientists in the Bahamas carrying out a health check on a female tiger shark. They found she was pregnant and a device called a birth tag was used, which does not harm the mother or pups. The tag helps show where sharks the sharks are going and they have their babies so conservationists can keep an eye on them.
The third place entry in the Young Ocean Photographer of the Year category shows a California moray eel pausing at the surface as the tide goes out in the United States of America.
After being trapped in a fishing net for several hours, an injured leatherback turtle was rescued and nursed back to health at the Marine Species Rehabilitation Centre in the Algarve, Portugal. Here you can see it getting some special food squirted into its mouth.
A breaching humpback whale on its migration path along the coastline. This photograph was taken in New South Wales, Australia. Did you know humpback whales can live for around 90 years and a male's song can be heard up to 20 miles away. Wow!
The winners of the Ocean Photographer of the Year Competition have been announced.
The star pic was an amazing shot of a whale gobbling up a school of fish.
There were also awards for the Young Photographer of the Year.
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