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© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto

Cape gannet returning to the surface after hunting sardines - freediving photographer in the background - Indian Ocean - South Africa - off Port Saint-Johns

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Diver and Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) subsurface female, Mayotte

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

A free diver exercises dynamic apnoea below an iced platform, in the chilly salt water of the White Sea, at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Must be extremely prepared, brave and self-controlled to free-dive, holding the breath, in ambient without a fast and clear access to the surface.
Reaching the underwater world, is an adventure itself since a thick layer of ice bars the passages every night, due to very low temperatures, and every day one must cut ice holes (called mainas by locals) into the ice platform. Salted water needs very low temperature to freeze. Below the ice platform, the upper layer is a melt of fresh and salt water, allowing a surprising amount of life to thrive. 

Location: White Sea, northern Russia.


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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Free diver is swimming over a pod of Sleeping sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Researchers first saw this unusual sleep behavior in sperm whales in 2008. The scientists in that study found that sperm whales dozed in this upright drifting posture for about 10 to 15 minutes at a time, Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n°RP 16-02/32 FIS-5.

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Pod of sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus), Vulnerable (IUCN), The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n°RP 16-02/32 FIS-5.

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Free diver swimming with sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus). Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n° 351/12 W-2.

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© Brandon Cole / Biosphoto

Whale Shark and diver under the surface - Mexico

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© Christopher Swann / Biosphoto

Snorkeler and California Sea lions - Gulf of California

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© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto

Freediving photographer taking a photograph of a young humpback whale in the Indian Ocean - South Africa - off Port Saint-Johns

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) subsurface female and divers, Mayotte

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Static freediving, letting your body float without any movement above the reef, Mayotte

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© Yann Avril / Biosphoto

Freediving in the Côtes d'Armor, Plougrescant, Brittany, France

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver watching a Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass at the bottom. Abu Dabbab Bay, Marsa Alam, Egypt, Red Sea

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver swimming with Dugong (Dugong dugon). Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver swimming togheter a Dugong (Dugong dugon) back to the surface to breathe after feeding on seagrass meadow (Halophila stipulacea), accompanied by a young Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus). Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver swimming togheter a Dugong (Dugong dugon) back to the surface to breathe after feeding on seagrass meadow (Halophila stipulacea), accompanied by a young Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus). Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver and pod of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) over shallow sandy lagoon. Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver and pod of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) over shallow sandy lagoon. Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver and pod of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) over shallow sandy lagoon. Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Freediver in the basin of the Buèges spring, Hérault, France

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© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto

Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) with snorkeller in background, Liberty Wreck dive site, Tulamben, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Female snorkeler above the reef at sunset, S Pass, Mayotte

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Shark handler holding Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), female with many scratches and bite marks- wounds from recently mating. During copulation the male bites the female often on the pectoral fin. Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Shark handler holding Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), female with many scratches and bite marks- wounds from recently mating. During copulation the male bites the female often on the pectoral fin. Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Shark handler attracts Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), female with many scratches and bite marks- wounds from recently mating. During copulation the male bites the female often on the pectoral fin. Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Free diver try to approach a Sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus). Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Freediver photographer swimming with sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Vulnerable (IUCN), Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit.

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Snorkeling on the reef, a magnificent place to contemplate one of the most beautiful and complex ecosystems on the planet. Mayotte

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Snorkeling on the reef, a magnificent place to contemplate one of the most beautiful and complex ecosystems on the planet. Mayotte

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© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto

Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) and diver in the river Cher - city of Noyers sur Cher - Loir et Cher - France

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© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto

Giant squid. Remains of a squid of the genus Architeuthis found drifting dead (probably attacked and eaten in part by a pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus). It is a species that lives at great depths (+500 m) and on very few occasions has it been possible to film or photograph it alive. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Giant squid. Remains of a squid of the genus Architeuthis found drifting dead (probably attacked and eaten in part by a pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus). It is a species that lives at great depths (+500 m) and on very few occasions has it been possible to film or photograph it alive. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Researcher from the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute holding a large mother-of-pearl (Pinna nobilis), found deplanted, in the pond of Diana (Corsica). The mother-of-pearl is then replanted over a third of its height, as it does naturally.

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Marine biologist performing a biopsy on a large Pen shell (Pinna nobilis), in the Thau Lagoon (summer 2020).

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Skunk Clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) on a red sea anemone on white sand, Mayotte

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Researcher from the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard taking a DNA sample from a large Pen Shell (Pinna nobilis), using a felt swab, for genetic studies. Diana pond (Aléria, Haute-Corse). The Pen Shell is a species classified as critically endangered following the epizootic (linked to a Haplosporidium parasite) which has affected the entire Mediterranean region since 2016.

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Researcher from the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard taking tissue samples from a large Pen shell (Pinna nobilis), using biopsy forceps, for genetic studies in the Diana pond (Aléria, Haute-Corse). The Pen shell is a species classified as critically endangered following the epizootic (linked to a Haplosporidium parasite) which has affected the entire Mediterranean region since 2016.

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Researcher from the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard inserting a tissue sample from a large Pen Shelll (Pinna nobilis) into a test tube in the Diana pond (Aléria, Haute-Corse). The Pen shell is a species classified as critically endangered following the epizootic (linked to a Haplosporidium parasite) which has affected the entire Mediterranean region since 2016.

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Researcher from the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard taking tissue samples from a large Pen shell (Pinna nobilis), using biopsy forceps, for genetic studies in the Diana pond (Aléria, Haute-Corse). The Pen shell is a species classified as critically endangered following the epizootic (linked to a Haplosporidium parasite) which has affected the entire Mediterranean region since 2016.

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Researcher from the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard counting the Pen shell (Pinna nobilis), along a transect in the Diana pond (Aléria, Haute-Corse). The Pen shell is a species classified as critically endangered following the epizootic (linked to a Haplosporidium parasite) which has affected the entire Mediterranean region since 2016.

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© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto

Diver observing a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Tahiti, French Polynesia

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Snorkeler with Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), one of the three species found in Mediterranean Sea. Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals, Mediterranean Sea

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Snorkeler and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the largest baleen whale found in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the world’s second largest cetacean, after the blue whale. Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals, Mediterranean Sea

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© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto

Pilot group. Calderón (Globicephala macrorhynchus) with naturalist photographer. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Photograph taken with the mandatory permits of the MAPAMA.

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© Yves Lefèvre / Biosphoto

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) facing a snorkeler in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

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© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto

Reef Shark in Lagoon of Tetamanu Village, Fakarava, Tuamotu Archipel, French Polynesia

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Diver / snorkeler discovering the Yıldızkoy bay underwater trail in the Marine Protected Area of Gokceada Island, Turkey

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© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto

Divers / snorkelers discovering the Cap d'Agde underwater trail using plastic guides, Agde, France, Mediterranean Sea

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Panoramic reef, a panoramic view of the platier of N'gouja, Mayotte

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© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto

Pilot group. Calderón (Globicephala macrorhynchus) with naturalist photographer. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Photograph taken with the mandatory permits of the MAPAMA.