Editorial

Staff · Issue 147, Nov/Dec 2025 · pp. 4

Editorial Marine life behaviour Nigel Motyer’s excellent account of Basking Shark aggregations off Malin Head in Northern Ireland are another example of how underwater photography has helped to change perceptions about marine life behaviour. My earliest recollection was when Peter Scoones shot video footage of Orcas in Norway stunning herring with a slap of their tail. Fast forward to Nigel’s images and we certainly have unusual behaviour and the speculation is that they are aggregating prior to mating. The final proof will be when there is an underwater image or, better still, footage of mating taking place. Coming back full circle to Peter Scoones, I always remember him saying that, as a wildlife cameraman/ person, underwater or on land, the main subjects were always sex and death. Not much changes. UPY Smartphone category I’m delighted to see that UPY has a Smartphone category this ye…