Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: bioko island

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

Photo: Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Victoria forest tree frog (Leptopelis boulengeri) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A nest of critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered baby leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) hatch along the beach on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A coastal cave filled with what most likely are Noack's roundleaf bats (Hipposideros ruber) in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A coastal cave filled with what most likely are Noack’s roundleaf bats (Hipposideros ruber) in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A red-eared guenon (cercopithecus erythrotis) sitting on a vine in the rainforest on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A red-eared guenon (cercopithecus erythrotis) sitting on a vine in the rainforest on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A red-eared guenon (Cercopithecus erythrotis) sitting on a vine in the rainforest on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A red-eared guenon (Cercopithecus erythrotis) sitting on a vine in the rainforest on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A red-eared guenon (Cercopithecus erythrotis) sitting on a vine in the rainforest on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A red-eared guenon (Cercopithecus erythrotis) sitting on a vine in the rainforest on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A coastal cave filled with what most likely are Noack's roundleaf bats (Hipposideros ruber) in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A coastal cave filled with what most likely are Noack’s roundleaf bats (Hipposideros ruber) in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A coastal cave filled with what most likely are Noack's roundleaf bats (Hipposideros ruber) in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A coastal cave filled with what most likely are Noack’s roundleaf bats (Hipposideros ruber) in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Expedition members prepare dinner at the campsite on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Expedition members prepare dinner at the campsite on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: An expedition guide drinks from the Loari River near Camp Belmonte on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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An expedition guide drinks from the Loari River near Camp Belmonte on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: An expedition guide drinks from the Loari River near Camp Belmonte on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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An expedition guide drinks from the Loari River near Camp Belmonte on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Expedition members carry equipment to shore on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Expedition members carry equipment to shore on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Expedition members carry equipment to shore on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Expedition members carry equipment to shore on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Expedition members paddle a boat off shore off the coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Expedition members paddle a boat off shore off the coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A small trash fire near camp on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A small trash fire near camp on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Expedition members talk amongst each other while standing in the rain on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Expedition members talk amongst each other while standing in the rain on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A beach scene on the coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A beach scene on the coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A biodiversity coordinator for BBPP (Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program) takes photographs on a beach in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A biodiversity coordinator for BBPP (Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program) takes photographs on a beach in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Expedition members around a camp fire attending to a young man's neck.

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Expedition members around a camp fire attending to a young man’s neck. He was burned by a hot rock that popped out of the fire.

Photo: A sunrise along the southern coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A sunrise along the southern coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: The feet of an expedition guide hiking among leaf litter in the rainforest of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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The feet of an expedition guide hiking among leaf litter in the rainforest of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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