Celebrating the details most people overlook, the Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) has unveiled the stunning shortlisted images in its 2025 contest.

Puddle Jumper, Aquatic Life Finalist. Mudskippers wrench themselves across mudflats, over rocks and even up the trunks of mangrove trees; Goode Beach, Australia From the beautiful to the bizarre, the ...

A seventh-grade Arkansas Virtual Academy student captured his winning image, “The Screech Owl,” at the Forrest L. Wood ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- You can't miss the dramatic view at Pilar Point near Half Moon Bay. But look a little closer, and you just might discover a hidden world. "And this little hermit crab ...

Cyclic competition is a fundamental ecological process in which species engage in non‐hierarchical, non‐transitive interactions – much like the classic rock–paper–scissors game – ultimately ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - Helen Williams loves the outdoors. “It just makes me feel free and happy to be outside,” Williams said. Her family says she knows a lot about nature, animals, and the weather.