ThisspecialeditioncomeswithafreepostercelebratingNationalGeographic’sPhotoArkInitiative,nowinits15thyear.PhotographerJoelSartore’slifelongprojecttomakeportraitsoftheworld’sendangeredspeciesconveysapowerfulmessage:Toknowtheseanimalsistosavethem.JoelSartoreiscommittedtodocumentingeveryanimalincaptivity--withafocusonthegrowinglistofendangeredspeciesandthosefacingextinction--circlingtheglobe,visitingzoosandwildliferescuecenterstocreatestudioportraitsof12,000species.PairedwiththeeloquentproseofveteranwildlifewriterDouglasChadwick,andwithaforewordbyHarrisonFord,Sartore’sanimalportraitsareriveting:fromtinytomammoth,fromtheFloridagrasshoppersparrowtothegreaterone-hornedrhinoceros.Now,withtheacceleratingpaceofclimatechangeanditsdevastatingeffectonwildlifehabitat,hisbookpresentsamoreurgentargumentforsavingallthespeciesofourplanet.
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