| Baleen whales | Acoustic monitoring, migration, ship strike risk | Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) |
| Sharks and rays | Elasmobranch conservation, bycatch, migration | Great white (Carcharodon carcharias), Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), Largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis) |
| Sea turtles | Nesting, bycatch, plastic ingestion, MPAs | Green turtle (Chelonia mydas), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) |
| Corals | Reef condition, thermal stress, restoration | Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), Mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) |
| Cephalopods | Fisheries, temperature response, pelagic food webs | Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) |
| Anadromous fishes | Freshwater/saltwater life-cycle comparisons | Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), Allis shad (Alosa alosa) |
| Freshwater megafauna | Basin monitoring, river connectivity, harvest pressure | Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), Huchen (Hucho hucho) |