How did your career start?
I learned to dive aged 14 and started taking pictures underwater shortly afterwards. There were some easily accessible dive locations on the east coast of Australia where I grew up, with reefs and ledges adorned in a living veneer of macro and invertebrate life. I instantly fell in love with its natural beauty, and the sense of exploration that comes from spending time underwater.
Which of your images means the most to you, and why?
My image entitled A Diet of Deadly Plastic won 'Oceans: The Bigger Category' in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. It shows a record-breaking 403 pieces of plastic removed from the digestive tract of a flesh-footed shearwater. It is a horrible picture, but I'm grateful to have been able to communicate the story through the competition.
What's been your most memorable encounter with marine wildlife?
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SNAP-CHAT
Justin Gilligan on giant spider crabs and holding hands with an octopus
STEPPE CHANGE
Herds of saiga have returned to Kazakhstan, but there's a fine balance to tread
TREES FOR LIFE
Community is at the heart of conservation in the tropical forests of southern Belize
WHEN DOVES CRY
Turtle doves are now the UK's fastest declining bird species, but the RSPB is on a mission to save them
SURVIVAL OF THE CUTEST
We can't help being drawn to cute creatures, but our aesthetic preferences both help and hinder conservation
LIGHT ON THE NORTH
Spectacular images of Arctic foxes, reindeer and musk oxen reveal the wild beauty and diversity of Scandinavia
ROLLING IN THE DEEP
The super-sized crustacean that lives in the deepest, darkest ocean
LET'S GET TOGETHER
Clay licks deep in the Amazon explode in a riot of colour, with macaws the stars of the show
FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
To sponge or not to sponge? That is the question for the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) living in Shark Bay, Western Australia.
7 nature encounters for the month ahead
WITH NATURALIST AND AUTHOR BEN HOARE
