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...

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

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) covered in oil, in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) covered in oil, in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa

Roberto Rinaldi / Wreck of crude oil super-tanker "Amoco Milford Haven", surrounded by Swallowtail anthias (Anthias anthias) and shells covered with jewel anemones. The tanker sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days...

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) oil covered fledglings wait to be fed in a nesting colony on Queen Bess Island. These birds have little chance of survival as their feathers are too damaged, a...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil covered island and displaced oil containment boom in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil covered island and displaced oil containment boom in the Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the G...

Gerrit Vyn / A plastic bottle covered in oil on a beach. This beach was repeatedly contaminated with oil by the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. Baldwin County, Alabama, USA June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Oil spill response vehicles grooming a white sand beach before sunrise. Many clean up efforts from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak were cosmetic in nature and aimed to cover up the damage. These veh...

Colin Seddon / Common Guillemot {Uria aalge} covered in oil, UK.

Jean E. Roche / Northern gannet covered in oil {Morus bassanus} France

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) rubbing head covered with oil from uropygial gland to waterproof feathers, La Jolla, California

Flip de Nooyer / Common Murre (Uria aalge) and Little Auk (Alle alle) dead on the beach, Europe

Flip Nicklin / Close-up of oil-covered kelp, Exxon Valdez oil spill, Alaska