ELEPHANTS

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 ...

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Elephant migration corridors in India are a necessary thoroughfare for one of the planet’s largest animals — but when conflicts with human residents along these routes caught the attention of the Wildlife Trust of India, the solution became a massive undertaking: relocate an entire village.

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Usually, elephants and hippos stay out of each other's way, but these elephants deliberately gate-crash this hippo's lagoon party.

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