Last Ones: America's Endangered Species

Joel Sartore

National Geographic Magazine (David Griffin, Director of Photography; Kathy Moran, Photo Editor)

American burying beetles like dark, undisturbed areas rich in carrion. Nature's undertakers, they bury dead animals to feed their young. Their range is down from 35 states to 9; numbers are falling too. Estimates vary but some are as low as 2,500 individuals.

Joel Sartore, "Last Ones: America's Endangered Species," in POYi Archive, Item #43260, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/43260 (accessed May 19, 2024).