Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Breeding

Captive breeding tanks for endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa).

Photo

ESA002-00043

Captive breeding tanks for endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa).

Photo: A crew of BP contract workers remove booms saturated with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill from important bird breeding habitat in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo

ENV021-00044

A crew of BP contract workers remove booms saturated with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill from important bird breeding habitat in the Gulf of Mexico.

A pair of crested auklets (Aethia cristatella) in their breeding plumage.

Photo

BIR033-00464

A pair of crested auklets (Aethia cristatella) in their breeding plumage.

A live male harlequin frog (Atelopus sp.) in amplexus with a female, dead from chytrid fungus, near Limon, Ecuador. The male died a few days later of the same disease. This species is critically endangered and headed toward extinction due to habitat loss and disease, including chytrid fungus.

Photo

ANI076-00010

A live male harlequin frog (Atelopus sp.) in amplexus with a female, dead from chytrid fungus, near Limon, Ecuador. The male died a few days later of the same disease. This species is critically endangered and headed toward extinction due to habitat loss and disease, including chytrid fungus.

A live marine toad or cane toad (Rhinella marina) in amplexus with a female, dead from chytrid fungus, near Limon, Ecuador. The male died a few days later of the same disease.

Photo

ANI076-00007

A live marine toad or cane toad (Rhinella marina) in amplexus with a female, dead from chytrid fungus, near Limon, Ecuador. The male died a few days later of the same disease.

Photo: The nest of an Attwater's prairie-chicken at a captive breeding facility.

Photo

APC004-00018

The nest of an Attwater’s prairie-chicken at a captive breeding facility.

Photo: A mother watches over a juvenile Attwater's prairie-chicken at a captive breeding facility.

Photo

APC002-00007

A mother watches over a juvenile Attwater’s prairie-chicken at a captive breeding facility.

Photo: The senior keeper for herps, in the rare amphibians breeding area of the Phoenix Zoo.

Photo

ANI071-00366

The senior keeper for herps, in the rare amphibians breeding area of the Phoenix Zoo.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi's calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00052

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi’s calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi's calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00051

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi’s calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi's calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00050

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi’s calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00049

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00048

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00047

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Associate curators of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as they watch over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo

ANI071-00049

Associate curators of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as they watch over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo: Associate curators of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as they watch over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo

ANI071-00048

Associate curators of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as they watch over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo: Associate curators of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as they watch over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo

ANI071-00047

Associate curators of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as they watch over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo: Associate curator of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as she watches over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo

ANI071-00045

Associate curator of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as she watches over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo: Associate curator of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as she watches over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Photo

ANI071-00046

Associate curator of amphibians at the Detroit Zoo, as she watches over the Wyoming toad breeding facility.

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Photo

ANI068-00008

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Photo

ANI068-00007

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Photo

ANI068-00006

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Photo

ANI068-00005

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Photo

ANI068-00004

Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) in amplexus (in which the male rides the female prior to breeding) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi's calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00044

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi’s calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00043

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00042

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00041

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi's calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00040

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi’s calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00039

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00038

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00037

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi's calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00036

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of Emi’s calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00035

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00034

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species.

Photo

ANI050-00033

Emi, a female Sumatran rhino, with her three-week-old calf, at the Cincinnati Zoo. There are only nine Sumatran rhinos in captivity, so the birth of this calf is a tremendous event for the conservation of the species. Sumatran rhinos are being poached in the wild so quickly that biologists fear they could go extinct in the wild within the next 20 years.

Photo: Julie Jensen Director of Marketing | WVC O: 866.800.7326 | D: 702.443.9249 | E: j.jensen@wvc.org

Speaking Engagements

Joel is a popular keynote speaker with conservation, corporate, and civic groups.

Hire him to entertain and inspire your audience.

Book Joel To Speak

The Photo Ark

Joel is the founder of the Photo Ark, a groundbreaking effort to document every species in captivity before it’s too late.

Explore the Photo Ark

Visit Our Store

Every purchase goes directly to support our mission: getting the public to care and helping to save species from extinction.

Help Us Build the Ark