ELEPHANTS

Go behind the scenes of episode two of "Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti," as the team captures the historic release of the oldest herd back into the wild. From emotional reunions to filming elephants at night using infrared light, they reveal what it took ...

Long’uro struggles to connect with other elephants after losing his trunk as a baby. Play is how young elephants build bonds, but without a trunk, even that becomes a challenge.

As Reteti Sanctuary prepares to release its oldest orphans into the wild, a baby elephant is rescued from a waterhole. An orphaned zebra finds hope, and Long’uro and friends learn how to survive the challenges of the dry season.

At Reteti Sanctuary in Kenya, the team helps a disabled orphan elephant named Long’uro find his confidence, nurses a sick calf back from the brink, and manages an unexpected encounter inside an enclosure.

Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Bob Poole shares how his lifelong passion for elephants shapes his approach to wildlife filmmaking. Working in unpredictable environments, he explains what it takes to film respectfully while prioritizing animal comfort and maintaining distance.

Esau’s journey spans borders that elephants cannot see — but must obey. His fate reflects the growing challenges facing elephants across Africa.

In Amboseli, Esau’s moment has arrived. As other males circle, he relies not on force, but skill and restraint -- while younger elephants watch and learn what it takes to mate.

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier. But, can elephants cooperate to solve a puzzle? How good are they ...

We're going to take a closer look at brains, how animals use them, and how some animals have even evolved to lose them! It turns out a brain (and intelligence more broadly) isn't easy to define, but what we do know for sure is that ...