Last Ones: America's Endangered Species

Joel Sartore

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

Fewer than 6,000 yellowfin madtom remain in the pools and backwaters of the Tennessee River system. The species declined as its habitat was dammed, polluted, and contaminated with silt from erosion.

Joel Sartore, "Last Ones: America's Endangered Species," in POYi Archive, Item #43261, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/43261 (accessed May 19, 2024).