Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: endangered species act

Photo: Hibiscus kokio (var. saintjohnianus), at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility in Washington, DC.

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Hibiscus kokio (var. saintjohnianus), at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility in Washington, DC.

Photo: Clay's hibiscus (Hibiscus clayi) at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility, Washington, D.C. (US: Endangered)

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Clay’s hibiscus (Hibiscus clayi) at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility, Washington, D.C. (US: Endangered)

Photo: Peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii) at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility in Washington, DC.

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Peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii) at the U.S. Botanical Garden Production Facility in Washington, DC.

Photo: Guaiacum officinale, at the U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility in Washington, DC. (US: Endangered)

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Guaiacum officinale, at the U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility in Washington, DC. (US: Endangered)

Photo: Koki'o Ke' Oke (Hibiscus waimeae ssp. hannerae) at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, DC.

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Koki’o Ke’ Oke (Hibiscus waimeae ssp. hannerae) at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, DC.

Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) at the North Carolina Zoo. (US: Endangered)

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Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) at the North Carolina Zoo. (US: Endangered)

A red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) at the North Carolina Zoo. (US: Endangered; IUCN: Vulnerable)

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A red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) at the North Carolina Zoo. (US: Endangered; IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A rocky shoals spider lily (Hymenocallis coronaria) in Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC.

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A rocky shoals spider lily (Hymenocallis coronaria) in Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC.

Extinct Xerces blue butterflies (Glaucopsyche xerces) at the Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Gainesville, Florida.

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Extinct Xerces blue butterflies (Glaucopsyche xerces) at the Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Gainesville, Florida.

Federally threatened Bay Area checkerspot butterflies, now nearly extinct (Euphydryas editha bayensis) at the Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Gainesville, FL.

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Federally threatened Bay Area checkerspot butterflies, now nearly extinct (Euphydryas editha bayensis) at the Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Gainesville, FL.

A Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla) at the Audobon Nature Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana. (US: Endangered)

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A Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla) at the Audobon Nature Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana. (US: Endangered)

A Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla) at the Audobon Nature Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana. (US: Endangered)

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A Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla) at the Audobon Nature Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana. (US: Endangered)

Photo: A large-flowered skullcap (Scutellaria montana) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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A large-flowered skullcap (Scutellaria montana) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

A bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) at Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Threatened, IUCN: Endangered)

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A bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) at Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Threatened, IUCN: Endangered)

A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

A blooming Stern's medlar bush (Mespilus canescens) at the Missouri botanical gardens, St. Louis, Missouri.

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A blooming Stern’s medlar bush (Mespilus canescens) at the Missouri botanical gardens, St. Louis, Missouri.

Photo: A green pitcher plant (Sarracenia oreophila) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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A green pitcher plant (Sarracenia oreophila) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: An Alabama canebrake pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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An Alabama canebrake pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: An Alabama canebrake pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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An Alabama canebrake pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: An Alabama canebrake pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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An Alabama canebrake pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: A Jones pitcher plant or Mountain pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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A Jones pitcher plant or Mountain pitcher plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: A hairy rattleweed (Baptisia arachnifera) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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A hairy rattleweed (Baptisia arachnifera) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: An American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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An American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: An American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia.

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An American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia. (US: Endangered)

Photo: Endangered mussels from the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee.

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Endangered mussels from the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee. More endangered aquatic animals are found here than anywhere else in North America.

Photo: A mussel shows off coal fines, the sediments from Virginia's coal mines that wash into the rivers of Tennessee.

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A mussel shows off coal fines, the sediments from Virginia’s coal mines that wash into the rivers of Tennessee. It is thought that coal fines and the use of heavy industrial chemicals to clean coal in Viriginia are both major factors in the disappearance of rare Mussels in the Clinch and Powell Rivers, two of the last places where many rare mussels were found.

Photo: A mussel shows off coal fines, the sediments from Virginia's coal mines that wash into the rivers of Tennessee.

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A mussel shows off coal fines, the sediments from Virginia’s coal mines that wash into the rivers of Tennessee. It is thought that coal fines and the use of heavy industrial chemicals to clean coal in Viriginia are both major factors in the disappearance of rare Mussels in the Clinch and Powell Rivers, two of the last places where many rare mussels were found.

A Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, Tennessee. (IUCN: Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, Tennessee. (IUCN: Endangered, US: Endangered)

Photo: Endangered mussels from the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee.

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Endangered mussels from the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee. More endangered aquatic animals are found here than anywhere else in North America.

A critically endangered (IUCN) Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee.

A critically endangered (IUCN) Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Spotfin chubs (Erimonax monacha) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee. This species is federally listed as threatened.

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Spotfin chubs (Erimonax monacha) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee. This species is federally listed as threatened.

Ashy darters (Etheostoma cinereum) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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Ashy darters (Etheostoma cinereum) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

An endangered (IUCN) pearl darter (Percina aurora) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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An endangered (IUCN) pearl darter (Percina aurora) at Conservation Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee.

A snorkeler reaches out to a vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida.

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A snorkeler reaches out to a vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida.

A federally endangered Santa Anna River woolystar (Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum) at the Santa Anna River, California.

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A federally endangered Santa Anna River woolystar (Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum) at the Santa Anna River, California.

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