Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: United States

Photo: Alaska native girls attend a youth summer camp in Kaktovik.

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Alaska native girls attend a youth summer camp in Kaktovik.

Photo: For the first time in decades, wolves again chase elk through the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone.

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For the first time in decades, wolves again chase elk through the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone. The reintroduction of wolves has been a great success, drawing a new generation of visitors to the park.

Photo: Wild nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris) caught in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Wild nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris) caught in Lincoln, Nebraska. These are considered an invasive species in the United States.

Photo: Wild nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris) caught in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Wild nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris) caught in Lincoln, Nebraska. These are considered an invasive species in the United States.

Photo: Wild nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris) caught in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Wild nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris) caught in Lincoln, Nebraska. These are considered an invasive species in the United States.

Photo: A federally threatened ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera, at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium.

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A federally threatened ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera, at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium.

Photo: Four wolf pelts lie draped over the back of a federal official's truck near Helena, MT. These wolves once formed a pack that was killed to assuage local ranchers' fears that they might someday kill cattle.

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Four wolf pelts lie draped over the back of a federal official’s truck near Helena, MT. These wolves once formed a pack that was killed to assuage local ranchers’ fears that they might someday kill cattle.

Photo: Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

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Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

A picture of two horned lark chicks (Eremophila alpestris alpestris) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota. These lark chicks are five to seven weeks old.

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Two horned lark chicks (Eremophila alpestris alpestris) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota. These lark chicks are five to seven weeks old.

A picture of a horned lark chick (Eremophila alpestris alpestris) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

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A horned lark chick (Eremophila alpestris alpestris) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

Photo: Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

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Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

Photo: Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

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Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

Photo: Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

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Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

Photo: Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

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Least bittern heron (Ixobrychus exilis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota.

Photo: A Plymouth Rock domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Plymouth Rock domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A Plymouth Rock domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Plymouth Rock domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A Plymouth Rock domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Plymouth Rock domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A Rhode Island red domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Rhode Island red domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A Rhode Island red domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Rhode Island red domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A Rhode Island red domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Rhode Island red domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: An American flag flies in the breeze in a double exposure.

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An American flag flies in the breeze in a double exposure.

Photo: A protected masked bobwhite quail, Colinus virginanus ridgwayi, at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A protected masked bobwhite quail, Colinus virginanus ridgwayi, at the Phoenix Zoo.

Photo: A Mexican gray wolf pup licks his mother's nose at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, KS.

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A Mexican gray wolf pup licks his mother’s nose at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, KS.

A federally endangered captive gray wolf, Canis lupus, licks his nose.

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A federally endangered captive gray wolf, Canis lupus, licks his nose.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) at Omaha Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) at Omaha Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) at Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) at Houston Zoo.

A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.

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