Images from National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore's Photo Ark project
Palawan stink badger, Mydaus marchei, at Avilon Zoo.
Malayan tapir
A six-day-old Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus, at the Minnesota Zoo. This species is listed as endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered.
Mandrill
A captive, five-month-old mandrill in Malabo.
Palawan spitting cobra
Palawan spitting cobra, Naja sumatrana miolepis, at Avilon Zoo.
Mark LaGanga with a Palawan spitting cobra
CBS videographer Mark LaGanga dares to get a closeup of the venomous snake.
Budgett's frog
A Budgett's frog, Lepidobatrachus laevis, at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
White-crowned hornbill
A white-crowned hornbill named Raja at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. Genus/species for the white-crowned hornbill vacillates between Aceros comatus and Berenicornis comatus.
Bornean orangutan
Trixie, a Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii, at the Avilon Wildlife Conservation Foundation.
Trixie with Mark LaGanga
The Bornean orangutan smiles for her closeup with CBS videographer Mark LaGanga.
Luzon warty pig
A Luzon warty pig, Sus philippensis philippensis, at the Avilon Zoo.
Baby white-bellied pangolin
A baby white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) clings to her mother's back at a facility in Florida
Trixie tries a black backdrop
Trixie, a Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii, at the Avilon Wildlife Conservation Foundation.
Trixie with Bill Whitaker
Trixie meets 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker. For more, check out 60 Minutes' full report on Joel Sartore's Photo Ark.