1、The Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeapril 2016 vol.229 no.4OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC S
2、OCIETYCorrections and Clarifications Go to The CrossingIs death an event or more of a progression?Science and human ex-perience offer answers.By Robin Marantz Henig Photographs by Lynn Johnson53 Where Death Doesnt Mean GoodbyeThese Indonesian villagers keep their late loved ones close.Literally.By A
3、manda Bennett Photographs by Brian Lehmann 108 Ghost LandsThe Out of Eden Walk passes through nations haunted by their history:Armenia and Turkey.By Paul Salopek Photographs by John Stanmeyer86Urban ParksWhen youre there,civilization can feel very far awayeven if its all around.Welcome to the worlds
4、 urban parks.By Ken Otterbourg Photographs by Simon RobertsEvery Last OnePhotographing thousands of animals to help ensure that species are preserved:Thats the Photo Ark project.By Rachel Hartigan Shea Photographs by Joel Sartore70132 Proof|93 Days of Spring With an image a day,a Minnesota photograp
5、her welcomes the season to his state.Story and Photographs by Jim BrandenburgOn the Cover Joel Sartore shot this months cover images at(from left,by row)Rolling Hills Zoo,San Antonio Zoo,Zoo Atlanta,Raptor Recovery Nebraska,Omahas Henry Doorly Zoo,Saint Louis Zoo,Lincoln Childrens Zoo(two),Australia
6、 Zoo Wildlife Hospital,Houston Zoo.The Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016One mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeThe Photo ArkThe Science of DeathCOMING BACK F
7、ROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016One mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeThe Photo ArkThe Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Ge
8、ographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeThe Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne
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10、cience of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeThe Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunda
11、y,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeThe Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban Park
12、sAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeThe Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne mans quest to document the worlds animal
13、s,one picture at a timeThe Science of DeathCOMING BACK FROM THE BEYONDWatch Faces of Death Sunday,April 3,on the National Geographic Channel93 Spring DaysUrban ParksAPRIL 2016The Photo ArkOne mans quest to document the worlds animals,one picture at a timeWith so many Photo Ark animals to choose from
14、,we couldnt decide on one coverso we made ten for this months issue.If you didnt get the animal that you like best on your cover,call 1-800-777-2800 to purchase your favorite.Top row,from left:waxy monkey tree frog,hippopotamus,Reimanns snake-necked turtle,snowy owl,Malayan tiger.Bottom row,from lef
15、t:Brazilian porcupine,southern three-banded armadillo,Indian peafowl,mother and baby koalas,Coquerels sifaka.FROM THE EDITORSusan Goldberg,Editor in Chief Photo ArkAnd to think it all started with a naked mole rat.The year was 2006,and National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore wanted to try maki
16、ng formal portraits of animals in captivity instead of his usual shots of them in the wild.For his first subject,he told a zookeeper,he just needed a creature that might sit still.The naked mole rat qualified.From that modest beginning came Photo Ark,a joint project of Sartore and Na-tional Geographic.Within a 25-year span,Sartore aims to document as many of the species of animals now living in captivity as possible.Why?Because by 2100,many of those species could be gone.Some of the animals hes
