Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A captive critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.

Photo: An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

Photo: An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

Photo: An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

Photo: An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

Photo: An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at the Arabian Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

Photo: An emerald swallowtail (Papilio palinurus) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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An emerald swallowtail (Papilio palinurus) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) at Leech Lake, Minnesota.

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A red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) at Leech Lake, Minnesota.

Photo: A skimmer dragonfly naiad (Orthetrum sp.) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa area, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A skimmer dragonfly naiad (Orthetrum sp.) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa area, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A braconid (parasitoid) wasp (Archibracon sp.) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A braconid (parasitoid) wasp (Archibracon sp.) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A braconid (parasitoid) wasp (Archibracon sp.) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A braconid (parasitoid) wasp (Archibracon sp.) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) from the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) from the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) from the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) from the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A Io moth caterpillar (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A Io moth caterpillar (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A Io moth caterpillar (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A Io moth caterpillar (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: Io moth caterpillars (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Io moth caterpillars (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: Io moth caterpillars (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Io moth caterpillars (Automeris io) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A walking leaf (Phyllium giganteum) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A walking leaf (Phyllium giganteum) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A walking leaf (Phyllium giganteum) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A walking leaf (Phyllium giganteum) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A Sylvan katydid (Zabalius ophthalmicus) collected at Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A Sylvan katydid (Zabalius ophthalmicus) collected at Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A juvenile armored katydid (Enyaliopsis petersii) at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A juvenile armored katydid (Enyaliopsis petersii) at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A grasshopper (Anthermus comis) from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A grasshopper (Anthermus comis) from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A grasshopper (Anthermus granosus) from the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A grasshopper (Anthermus granosus) from the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A bird locust (Ornithacris cyanea) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A bird locust (Ornithacris cyanea) collected in the Mt. Gorongosa range, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A grey bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens) at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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A grey bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens) at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Photo: A geometrid moth (Geometridae sp.) from the wild near Alijó, Portugal.

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A geometrid moth (Geometridae sp.) from the wild near Alijó, Portugal.

Photo: A walking stick (Manduria systropedon) from Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A walking stick (Manduria systropedon) from Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: A larger striped swordtail butterfly (Graphium antheus) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A larger striped swordtail butterfly (Graphium antheus) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A true tulip snail (Fasciolaria tulipa) at the Indianapolis Zoo.

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A true tulip snail (Fasciolaria tulipa) at the Indianapolis Zoo.

Photo: A ribbon leech (Nephelopsis obscura) at Leech Lake, Minnesota.

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A ribbon leech (Nephelopsis obscura) at Leech Lake, Minnesota.

Photo: An unidentified baboon spider (Augacephalus sp.) collected in Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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An unidentified baboon spider (Augacephalus sp.) collected in Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: Five unidentified golden orb spiders from South Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Five unidentified golden orb spiders from South Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: An African rear-horned baboon tarantula (Ceratogyrus darlingi) at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, Texas.

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An African rear-horned baboon tarantula (Ceratogyrus darlingi) at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, Texas.

Photo: An unidentified leaf beetle (undetermined sp.) from the Chrysomelidae family, collected in Gorongosa National Park.

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An unidentified leaf beetle (undetermined sp.) from the Chrysomelidae family, collected in Gorongosa National Park.

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