Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark: 18,000 species documented to save wildlife

In a world where species can disappear before most people even know they exist, photographer Joel Sartore has spent two decades making sure wildlife is seen. According to a National Geographic report, Joel Sartore has worked toward protecting wildlife for two decades. The Photo Ark project, which started as a personal project in 2006 has grown into a global conservation effort to document thousands of animal species and generate worldwide awareness about those in danger of extinction. According to the report, National Geographic Explorer Sartore started the project with a simple but powerful idea: to photograph animals one species at a time, creating a visual record before they are gone.