Last Ones: America's Endangered Species

Joel Sartore

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

The palm-size bog turtle, smallest in the country, now survives mostly on private lands. Adapted to soggy soils, the species suffers where wetlands are filled or groundwater is diverted. Fewer than 19,000 remain.

Joel Sartore, "Last Ones: America's Endangered Species," in POYi Archive, Item #43265, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/43265 (accessed May 19, 2024).