Inaki Relanzon / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), eating krill and plankton at the surface. Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, North America, August.

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled bird nesting colonies in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil coming ashore. These waters are contami...

Gerrit Vyn / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) juvenile, heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Human footprint and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

David Shale / Paper argonaut (Argonauta sp) Gulf of Mexico, deep sea species

Doug Perrine / Kemp's ridley turtle {Lepidochelys kempii} hatchlings head for the sea after release from protected nests, Rancho Nuevo, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 2002

Doug Perrine / Corral of nests of Kemp's ridley turtle {Lepidochelys kempii} each nest is fenced and covered to protect from predators and flies, Rancho Nuevo, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 2002

Todd Pusser / False killer whale {Pseudorca crassidens} Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean

Rolf Nussbaumer / Sun setting over Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA.

Michael Pitts / Yellow jack caught in net {Caranx bartholomaei} Gulf of Mexico

Doug Perrine / Smalltooth / Wide sawfish {Pristis pectinata} Everglades NP, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, (Non-ex).