UPY 2025

UPY  Underwater Photography Book of the Year - Recommended reading
'The World Beneath'
Dr. Richard Smith

Meet the sea’s most fascinating creatures—see the lives and curiosities of charmers and tricksters—many newly identified and some on the verge of extinction.
From marine biologist, award-winning underwater photographer, and leading expert on pygmy seahorses, comes a spectacular guide to hundreds of the ocean’s fishes and coral reefs.
In this richly informative volume, brimming with new discoveries and more than three hundred colourful images, you’ll swim in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans; you’ll be dazzled in the Coral Triangle and amazed in Triton Bay.
The wondrous creatures inside excel in the arts of seduction and deception, and you’ll have the rare chance to see and delight in their antics. You’ll also learn what they eat, how they play, and how they care for one another, live on one another, and mimic others when they’re afraid. There is also compelling insight into the naming process, which creatures are facing extinction, and how we can help them before it’s too late.
Available online.