Rare, Portraits of America's Endangered Species

Nebraska Stories

Air Date: 02/12/2010

An essay by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore offers a powerful look at the country’s most endangered creatures—the last of their kind. Some may vanish without us ever knowing they existed. Inspired by his multi-year National Geographic project documenting the planet’s vanishing biodiversity, this essay is both a tribute and a call to action—showing what’s at stake, and what we can still save, if we act now