Jabruson / Beach landscape with storm clouds. Sal Island, Cape Verde Is, Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Sargassum frogfish (Histrio histrio) camouflaged on Sargassum seaweed off Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic. Seaweed floats in large masses on sea surface

Volker Hesse/ BIA / Iago Sparrow (Passer iagoensis) male, Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde Archipelago, Portugal

Solvin Zankl / Deep sea shrimp with plastic fishing net in its throat, found at 1200m depth. Atlantic Ocean, close to Cape Verde.

Peter Hering/ BIA / Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild), Cape Verde Archipelago, Portugal

Solvin Zankl / Juvenile deep-sea pelagic snail (Limacina helicoides) captive specimen from off the coast of Cape Verde

Solvin Zankl / Crew lowering marine sampling equipment off ship, Atlantic Ocean, close to Cape Verde. December 2015

Solvin Zankl / Scientists with equipment to sample deep sea marine life, Atlantic Ocean, close to Cape Verde. December 2015

Solvin Zankl / Deep sea crab megalopa stage larva, Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.

Solvin Zankl / Deep sea Threadtail (Stylephorus chordatus). This deep sea fish is a mesopelagic species with eyes modified to detect the slightest traces of light. Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.

Solvin Zankl / Boxer snipe eel (Nemichthys curvirostris) portrait, deep sea fish from Atlantic Ocean close to Cape Verde. Captive.

Solvin Zankl / Group of scientists aboard boat cruising around Cape Verde to samplle the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean, December 2015.