National Geographic The Photo Ark Vanishing: The World's Most Vulnerable Animals

Joel Sartore's quest to photograph all the animal species under human care
celebrates its 15th year with this glorious and heartwrenching collection of
photographs. The animals featured in these pages are either destined for
extinction or already extinct in the wild but still alive today, thanks to
dedication of a heroic group comitted to their continued survival. From the
majestic Sumatran rhinoceros to the tiny Salt Creek tiger beetle, Sartore's
photographs bring us eye to eye with the kaleidoscopic diversity of shapes,
colors, personalities, and attitudes of the animal world.

In these vivid pages, Sartore singles out the species most likely to disappear
in the next decades, as well as some that have already been lost. Alongside
these indelible images are the words of scientists and conservationists who are
working to protect and restore populations of endangered species. With
Sartore's distinctive portrait photography, he invites us to look closer--and to
care more.