Josh Blank, Sea Lions vs Baitball (ANIMAL & NATURE 2025)

A hungry colony of sea lions discover a large school of sardines off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. This collection of images aims to capture the speed, intensity and teamwork shown by the sea lions as they worked together to corral the sardines into a tight, static bait ball before taking turns swiftly darting in and out to catch a fish!

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.