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David Doubilet

In a view from under the waters of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, an African elephant trumpets during play. This image appeared in the December 2004 issue of the magazine. Nearly half the continent’s remaining savanna elephants live in Botswana, most of them in the Okavango Delta.

A diver swims beneath a large canopy of Sargassum weed. Large algae like this naturally pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, an essential role played in mitigating climate change.

A school of silverside fish swim through a mangrove forest. These coastal wetland forests prevent erosion and protect homes from hurricane storm water.

An ecologist prepares an underwater collection net for the coming coral spawn at Moore Reef in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981.

A photographer swims next to an American crocodile in Gardens of the Queen, a marine reserve in Cuba. This previously unpublished photo was taken as a part of coverage for a November 2016 story on the reserve.

An imperial shrimp camouflages itself in gills of a Spanish dancer off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. A Spanish dancer is a type of nudibranch, the subject of this June 2008 story.

A sea turtle swims above coral in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.

A man in a canoe peers into the waters of Botswana's Okavango River. A story in the December 2004 issue documented the lush life in the delta, generated by annual floods.

A cuttlefish patrols Great Barrier Reef corals that have survived the stress of high water temperatures. In a healthy reef system, seaweed grows in moderation, but while pollution and warm waters make it hard for corals to survive, seaweed can overtake the reef.

Ichthyologist Eugenie Clark scuba dives in the Red Sea, looking for bioluminescent fish nicknamed "flashlight fish." Clark authored the November 1978 story this photo appeared in—one of a dozen articles she wrote to educate the public on underwater worlds.