Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African penguin; (Spheniscus demersus); Rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB); Cape Town; South Africa.

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.

Mitsuaki Iwago / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) covered in oil, South Georgia Island

Ashley Cooper / Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland. September 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland. September 2010.

Mark Carwardine / Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) oiled bird being rescued for cleaning during Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, USA, August 2010

Gerrit Vyn / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered in oil and very ill, standing on the beach after colony was oiled by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Raccoon Island, Terrebonne...

Gerrit Vyn / Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and Great egrets (Ardea alba) roosting on mangroves in a Barataria Bay nesting colony. This colony was heavily oiled by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Plaq...

Krista Schlyer / Woman cleaning oiled brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) after BP Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USA. June 2010.