Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

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A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

Photo: A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

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A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

Photo: A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

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A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

Photo: A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

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A one-month-old Greater Swiss mountain dog puppy in Choussy, France.

Photo: 11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu "Ayu" a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

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11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu “Ayu” a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Photo: 11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu "Ayu" a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

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11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu “Ayu” a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Photo: 11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu "Ayu" a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

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11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu “Ayu” a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Photo: 11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu "Ayu" a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

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11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu “Ayu” a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Photo: 11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu "Ayu" a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

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11-month-old D.J. a Sumatran oragnutan (Pongo abelii) and Dirgahayu “Ayu” a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), both critically endangered, at the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: Asian leopard cat kitten (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Asian leopard cat kitten (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

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A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

Photo: A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

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A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

Photo: Two-day-old mourning dove hatchlings (Zenaida macroura) at Wildlife Care Association

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Two-day-old mourning dove hatchlings (Zenaida macroura) at Wildlife Care Association

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque or snow monkey, Macaca fuscata, at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque or snow monkey, Macaca fuscata, at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her.

Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Amargosa Vole Captive Breeding Colony

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Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Amargosa Vole Captive Breeding Colony

Photo: Baby muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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Baby muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

Endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered twin giant panda cubs (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) 100 days old, at Zoo Atlanta.

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Endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered twin giant panda cubs (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) 100 days old, at Zoo Atlanta.

A federally threatened Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris). There are only a few thousand of this species left.

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A federally threatened Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris). There are only a few thousand of this species left.

A federally threatened Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris). There are only a few thousand of this species left.

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A federally threatened Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris). There are only a few thousand of this species left.

A federally threatened Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris). There are only a few thousand of this species left.

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A federally threatened Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris). There are only a few thousand of this species left.

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