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DIGITAL CREDITS | COVER: (SEA TURTLE) DAVID DOUBILET/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (KIM WILLIAMS-GUILLEN) BEN BLANKENSHIP; (ELEPHANTS) JOYCE POOLE/ELEPHANTVOICES; (DOMINIQUE GONÇALVES) IVAN AGERTON; (DIVER) JEFFERSON CLARK; (BEVERLY GOODMAN) REBECCA HALE/NG STAFF. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (BACKGROUND) KHOROSHUNOVA OLGA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SEA TURTLE) © RALPH PACE/MINDEN PICTURES; (ELEPHANTS) JEN GUYTON; (SCUBA DIVER) DAVE FLEETHAM/PACIFIC STOCK – DESIGN PICS/SUPERSTOCK. TO CATCH A THIEF: (SEA TURTLE VIDEO) JAMES R.D. SCOTT/MOMENT VIDEO RF/GETTY IMAGES; (KIM WILLIAMS-GUILLEM) BEN BLANKENSHIP; (MAGNIFYING GLASS) STUDIO_G/SHUTTERSTOCK; (FEMALE THIEF) DAM_POINT/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MALE THIEF) EVGENY BORNYAKOV/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MAP) MAPPING SPECIALISTS, LTD; (SEA TURTLE SWIMMING) © RALPH PACE/MINDEN PICTURES; (TURTLES ON BEACH) JERRY BAUER/USFS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY; TRIP TO THE SEA: (1) © TUI DE ROY/MINDEN PICTURES; (2) © MITSUAKI IWAGO/MINDEN PICTURES; (3) © PIERRE HUGUET/MINDEN PICTURES; (4) © SYLVAIN CORDIER/NPL/MINDEN PICTURES; (5) © SOLVIN ZANKL/NPL/MINDEN PICTURES; (6) © TUI DE ROY/MINDEN PICTURES; LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION: (KIM WITH EGGS) BEN BLANKENSHIP; (EGG PROCESS VIDEOS) KIM WILLIAMS-GUILLEN; (LAUREN WILDE BOTH) JOSHUA SCHAEDEL; (PILE OF EGGS) KIM WILLIAMS-GUILLEN; (SINGLE EGG BOTH) HELEN PHEASEY; (RANGER COLLECTING EGGS) MATTHEW DOLKAS; (KIM WITH GROUP) BEN BLANKENSHIP; (SEA TURTLE) REINHARD DIRSCHERL/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; SEA TURTLES IN NICARAGUA: (GREEN) © NICOLAS-ALAIN PETIT/BIOSPHOTO/MINDEN PICTURES; (HAWKSBILL) © GERRIT VAN OMMERING/BUITEN-BEELD/MINDEN PICTURES; (LEATHERBACK) © DOUG PERRINE/NPL/MINDEN PICTURES; (OLIVE RIDLEY) © INGO ARNDT/MINDEN PICTURES; THE INVESTEGGATOR: (MALE THIEF) ) EVGENY BORNYAKOV/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MAGNIFYING GLASS) STUDIO_G/SHUTTERSTOCK; (EGGS) HELEN PHEASEY; (MAKING EGGS) JOSHUA SCHAEDEL; (SEA TURTLE) © MITSUAKI IWAGO/MINDEN PICTURES; (RANGER) MATTHEW DOLKAS; (TRACKER) SEAPHOTOART/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO. GORONGOSA’S ELEPHANTS: (ELEPHANTS) JEN GUYTON; (DOMINIQUE INSET) IVAN AGERTON; (SINGLE ELEPHANT) PIOTR NASKRECKI; (ELEPHANT WITH BULLET HOLE) JOYCE POOLE/ELEPHANTVOICES; (VIDEO) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING; (ELEPHANTS TOUCHING AND WALKING- BOTH) JOYCE POOLE/ELEPHANTVOICES; (DOMINIQUE IN HELICOPTER) IVAN AGERTON; (DART) ANAN KAEWKHAMMUL/SHUTTERSTOCK; (DOMINIQUE AND TEAM) CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (DOMINIQUE IN JEEP & WITH BINOCULARS-BOTH) IVAN AGERTON; (CHARGING ELEPHANT) JOYCE POOLE/ELEPHANTVOICES; (ELEPHANT STANDING) JEN GUYTON; PROTECT THE NATURAL WORLD: (DOMINIQUE) CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (HANDS AND EARTH) INCOMIBLE/SHUTTERSTOCK; (VIDEO) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING. DEEP DIVE: (SCUBA DIVER) DAVE FLEETHAM/PACIFIC STOCK – DESIGN PICS/SUPERSTOCK; (BEVERLY INSET) REBECCA HALE/NG STAFF; (GOODMAN VIDEOS BOTH) NOAA;(CEASAREA BEACH) ODED WAISBACH/SHUTTERSTOCK; (CAESAREA VIDEO) IFOOTAGE/SHUTTERSTOCK; (GOODMAN COLLECTING SAMPLES) JEFFERSON CLARK; (GROUP PHOTO) BEVERLY GOODMAN; (GOODMAN UNDERWATER WITH PIPE) AKOS KALMAN; (GOODMAN CHECKING GEAR) ARTHUR CLARKE; (GOODMAN WITH BANDANA) MOR KANARI; (GOODMAN UNDERWATER TAKING NOTES) AKOS KALMAN; (GOODMAN PREPARING FOR DIVE) MOR KANARI. THE END: HAL BRINDLEY/TRAVEL FOR WILDLIFE.