Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

"All animals photographed for the Photo Ark are put on black and white backgrounds, using paint, plastic, cloth or paper, to keep the photo shoots are short as possible," Sartore reveals.

Photographer Builds A 'Photo Ark' For 6,500 Animal Species And Counting National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is on a mission to document every captive animal species in the world. He ...

Admittedly, many of those animals species are things you’ve never heard of and will probably never see—but their presence plays a role in the overall ecosystem and circle of life, their ...

The Photo Ark — it’s something all its own. But we don’t want it to be a giant obituary. We want the Photo Ark project to inspire people to care, to take action while there’s still time ...

The goal of his Photo Ark project, which is supported by the National Geographic Society, is to photograph some 12,000 animals that are vanishing because of hunting, habitat loss and climate change.

Joel Sartore's Photo Ark project, funded by National Geographic, captures stunning images of over 18,000 animal species.

So The Photo Ark, as he tells Inverse, is really more of a “halfway point”. Nevertheless, it’s a project Sartore is driven to finish, even if it takes another 11 years or so. A praying mantis ...

As detailed in PBS' "Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark," Sartore is on a quest to capture images of the roughly 12,000 species in captivity around the world, including rare and endangered ones, to ...

A 'Photo Ark' For Captive Animal Species : Fresh Air 'National Geographic' photographer Joel Sartore is on a mission to document every captive animal species in the world. His new book of ...

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is on a mission to document every captive animal species in the world. He talks about getting an arctic fox to hold still, and Photoshopping out poop.