What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

A short National Geographic Animals clip is giving viewers a glimpse into what looks a lot like an elephant group chat. In the video, researchers explain that elephants are not just making random ...

National Geographic announces it's acquired "Ghost Elephants," written, directed and narrated by Werner Herzog, who just received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice ...

‘Ghost Elephants’ airs Saturday, March 7, on National Geographic, and streams the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. Werner Herzog directs, narrates, and writes a documentary on Africa's elusive ghost ...

This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...

Filmmaker Werner Herzog directs National Geographic's new doc, "Ghost Elephants," as explorer Steve Boyes tries locating the elusive animals. "The largest elephant ever. It doesn't matter if they are ...

National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the world streaming rights to Werner Herzog's new feature-length documentary Ghost Elephants, which had its world premiere at the Venice film ...