17,000 Species and Counting…
More than 25,000 animal species are in human care around the world, and we’re working around the clock to share their stories. The image gallery below provides a glimpse into the biodiversity the Photo Ark has documented. We believe every species is worth saving.
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An African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at the Cheyenne mountain Zoo.
An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) at the Miller Park Zoo.
A Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) at the Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, Kansas.
An endangered pileated gibbon with her eight-month-old infant (Hylobates pileatus) at the Gibbon Conservation Center.
An ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
A young female snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) at the Raptor Recovery Center, in Elmwood, Nebraska.
A red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas), at the Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, KS.
A federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) named Lucy at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
An Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo in Great Bend, Kansas.
An endangered male, white Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) named Rajah, at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.
A critically-endangered orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) at the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary.
A Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) at the Saint Louis Zoo.
An endangered Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
A spotted jellyfish (Mastigias papua) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
A federally endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo.
A pair of Blue waxbills (Uraeginthus angolensis) in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.
Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) mom and 18 month old baby, Floppy at the Singapore Zoo.
A half-day-old hatchling leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) from the wild in Bioko.
A green tree python (Morelia viridis) at the Riverside Zoo.
A three-month-old baby chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) named Ruben at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo.
Geoffroy’s tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
An endangered golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) at the Dallas World Aquarium.
Oblong-winged katydids (Amblycorypha oblongifolia) at the Insectarium in New Orleans.
An endangered silvery Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at the Gibbon Conservation Center.
An endangered yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam.
Hybrid spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth and Ateles geoffroyi) at the Wellington Zoo.
An endangered Indian rhinoceros female with calf (Rhinoceros unicornis) at the Fort Worth Zoo.
A pair of federally threatened spectacled eiders (Somateria fischeri) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
A grizzled tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus) at a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia.
A Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei) at Avilon Zoo.
A giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at Zoo Atlanta.
A six-month-old red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) at the Virginia Zoo.
A baby striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis varians) from Dunbar, Nebraska.
A brown-throated three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) at the PanAmerican Conservation Association in Gamboa, Panama.
A Kangaroo Island echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus) at the LA Zoo.
A yellow-streaked lory (Chalcopsitta scintillata rubrifrons) at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
An Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua) named Piper at the St. Louis Zoo.
An albino porcupine named Halsey at the Nebraska Wildlife Rehab in Louisville, NE.
A Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta syrichta) at Avilon Zoo.
A southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
A pair of South Georgia king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus) at the Indianapolis Zoo.
An endangered chimpanzee named Jengo, Pan troglodytes, at the Singapore Zoo.
A critically endangered sumatran orangutan, Pongo abelii, at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, TX.
Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, TX.
A budgett’s frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis) at the Baltimore Aquarium.
A Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta syrichta) at Avilon Zoo.
An endangered mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) at the Vrendenberg Lab.
A critically endangered and federally endangered, female South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) at the Suzhou Zoo in China.
Hibernating Arctic ground squirrels (Spermopilus parryii) at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
A Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis) at the Avilon Zoo.
A Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.
A West Usambara two-horned chameleon (Kinyongia multituberculata) at the Houston Zoo.
A row of critically endangered ploughshare tortoises (Astrochelys yniphora) at Zoo Atlanta.
A male federally endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) and juveniles at Conservation Fisheries in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Two koala joeys (Phascolarctos cinereus) at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital in Queensland.
A Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) cared for by the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
A curl-crested aracari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii) at the Dallas World Aquarium.
A Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis philippensis) at the Avilon Wildlife Conservation Foundation.
A Thorny devil (Moloch horridus) from the Melbourne Museum.
A Gray's monitor, Varanus olivaceus, at the Avilon Wildlife Conservation Foundation.
An endangered flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps) at the Taiping Zoo.
A cutworm moth (Dichagyris longidens), owlet moth family Noctuidae, cutworm or dart moth subfamily Noctuinae.
A portrait of a marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata marmorata).
Grey-tailed moustached monkeys (Cercopithecus cephus cephodes) at Park Assango, ONG Animal's World in Libreville, Gabon.
A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity, a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
A male Himalayan monal pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus) at Pheasant Heaven, a private pheasant breeding center near Clinton, NC.
An endangered pilalo tree frog, Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus, at Balsa de los Sapos.
A Visayan leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis rabori) at the Avilon Zoo.
Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA.
A cluster of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) from the Sierra Chincua mountain range, Mexico.
An endangered Peruvian woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) at Cetas-IBAMA, a wildlife rehab center in Manaus, Brazil.
A St. Vincent parrot (Amazona guildingii) at the Houston Zoo.
A Green grass lizard (Takydromus smaragdinus) at Wroclaw Zoo.
A vulnerable Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) at the Budapest Zoo.
A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named Bensar at the George M. Sutton Avian Research Center.
A California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) at the Phoenix Zoo.
A mother koala with her young ones at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.
A flock of scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.
An Eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris amauronota) at the Avilon Zoo.
A Negros scops owl (Otus nigrorum) at Negros Forest Park.
A northern red fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus accipitrinus) at the Houston Zoo.
A pair of Australian rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) at the Indianapolis Zoo.
A pair of critically endangered citron crested cockatoos (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata) at Jurong Bird Park.
A single wattled cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus unappendiculatus) at the Avilon Zoo.
A sunbittern (Eurypyga helias ) at the Cincinnati Zoo.
A Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) at the Dvur Kralove Zoo.
A vulnerable Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) at the Columbus Zoo.
A Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) cared for by the Taman Safari in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
An Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis affinis) at the Santa Barbara Zoo.
A critically endangered, female South China tiger, Panthera tigris amoyensis, at the Suzhou Zoo in China.
A juvenile little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollis) at Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue.
A Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) in the Kids Zoo section of the Philadelphia Zoo.
A male Lady Amherst's pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae, at Pheasant Heaven in Clinton, North Carolina.
A Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei) at Avilon Zoo.
An endangered, female Visayan tarictic hornbill, Penelopides panini panini, at Negros Forest Park.
A critically endangered red wolf (Canis rufus gregoryi) at the Great Plains Zoo.
A striped neck musk turtle (Kinosternon minor peltifer).
A St. Andrew beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis), a federally endangered rodent, in Panama City, FL.
A federally listed Atlantic loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) at the Riverbanks Zoo.
A vulnerable Siamese fighting fish or betta (Betta splendens) in Lincoln, Nebraska.
A female giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
A Visayan leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis rabori) at the Avilon Zoo.
A federally endangered Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) at the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center.
An endangered golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) at the Dallas World Aquarium.