Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO. This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO. This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: A fontal dwarf crayfish (Cambarellus schmitti) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A fontal dwarf crayfish (Cambarellus schmitti) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This crayfish was collected in Jefferson County, Florida.

Photo: A male spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A male spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

Photo: A female spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A female spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

Photo: A critically endangered, male, spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A critically endangered, male, spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

Photo: A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected from Jackson County, Florida. It is a Gulf Coast/Florida panhandle form.

Photo: A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected from Jackson County, Florida. It is a Gulf Coast/Florida panhandle form.

Photo: A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected from Jackson County, Florida. It is a Gulf Coast/Florida panhandle form.

Photo: A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected from Jackson County, Florida. It is a Gulf Coast/Florida panhandle form.

Photo: A female Salvadoran molly (Poecilia salvatoris) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A female Salvadoran molly (Poecilia salvatoris) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This species is from El Salvador.

Photo: A banded topminnow (Fundulus cingulatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A banded topminnow (Fundulus cingulatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected in Washington County, Florida.

Photo: A banded topminnow (Fundulus cingulatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A banded topminnow (Fundulus cingulatus) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected in Washington County, Florida.

Photo: A male least darter (Etheostoma microperca) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A male least darter (Etheostoma microperca) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected in Toledo, Ohio.

Photo: A male least darter (Etheostoma microperca) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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A male least darter (Etheostoma microperca) from a private collection photographed at Conservation Fisheries. This fish was collected in Toledo, Ohio.

Photo: An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

Photo: The pupa of a white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

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The pupa of a white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: The pupa of a white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

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The pupa of a white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: An Eastern cicada-killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

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An Eastern cicada-killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: An Eastern cicada-killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

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An Eastern cicada-killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A lynx spider (Peucetia lucasi) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A lynx spider (Peucetia lucasi) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: A green metallic cockroach (Corydidarum magnifica) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A green metallic cockroach (Corydidarum magnifica) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: A white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A Braconnier’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: A Burmese squat frog (Glyphoglossus guttulatus) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A Burmese squat frog (Glyphoglossus guttulatus) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

Photo: An alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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An alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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