The Photo Ark on 60 Minutes

Join Joel Sartore, Bill Whitaker and the 60 Minutes crew as they travel to the Philippines to capture some of the world’s most amazing animals for the Photo Ark.

The episode first aired October 14, 2018, and aired again June 16, 2019 and January 19, 2020. This special episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes features a Palawan stink badger, a spitting cobra, a Bornean orangutan and more.

Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei) at Avilon Zoo.
A Equatorial spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana miolepis) at the Avilon Zoo.
A central Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) at the Avilon Wildlife Conservation Foundation. This species is critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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