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  • Several elephants walking by a body of water in a wooded area from the Disney+ Original series, "Secrets of the Elephants."
    Secrets of the Elephants

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Secrets of the Elephants

TV-PG

April 22, 2023

Documentary

Elephants are powerful, loving and wise, but we are only starting to unlock their deepest secrets. The ground-breaking, award-winning natural history franchise SECRETS OF returns with its next installment, SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS. The series travels the world — from the Savannahs of Africa to the urban landscapes of Asia — to discover the strategic thinking, complex emotions and sophisticated language of elephants, shaping a unique and dynamic culture. Featuring renowned National Geographic Explorer and elephant expert Dr. Paula Kahumbu, the four-part series not only reveals the extraordinary lives of different families of elephants but also highlights how similar they are to us. SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS will change everything you thought you knew about elephants forever.

Rated: TV-PG
Release Date: April 22, 2023

  • Starring

    Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Natalie Portman
  • Rated TV PG

Videos

    • Secrets of the Elephants | Disney+ 0:30

      Secrets of the Elephants | Disney+

  • A desert elephant walks through the blistering heat of the Namibian desert. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

    A desert elephant walks through the blistering heat of the Namibian desert. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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  • A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022.

    A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

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  • A mother elephant and young calf roam through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

    A mother elephant and young calf roam through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

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  • A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

    A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

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  • Paula Kahumbu is a world renowned conservationist and elephant expert, she has come to Odzala National Park to meet forest elephants in the wild for the first time in her career.  (National Geographic for Disney/Fleur Bone)

    Paula Kahumbu is a world renowned conservationist and elephant expert, she has come to Odzala National Park to meet forest elephants in the wild for the first time in her career. (National Geographic for Disney/Fleur Bone)

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  • A Desert elephant comes face to face with the film crew in a rigged film vehicle, showing the gigantic size of the elephant in full. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

    A Desert elephant comes face to face with the film crew in a rigged film vehicle, showing the gigantic size of the elephant in full. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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  • Feeding time at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)

    Feeding time at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)

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  • Young elephants play together by a watering hole in Kabini, India. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)

    Young elephants play together by a watering hole in Kabini, India. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)

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  • The iconic Chilojo Cliffs can be seen in the distance of the remote Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. (National Geographic for Disney/Freddie Claire)

    The iconic Chilojo Cliffs can be seen in the distance of the remote Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. (National Geographic for Disney/Freddie Claire)

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  • A baby elephant covered in a mudbath, in the Namib Desert, Namibia.  (National Geographic)

    A baby elephant covered in a mudbath, in the Namib Desert, Namibia. (National Geographic)

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  • A lone elephant uses its trunk to spray dust onto its skin. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

    A lone elephant uses its trunk to spray dust onto its skin. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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  • An elephant reaches up to tree branches to secure food. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

    An elephant reaches up to tree branches to secure food. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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A desert elephant walks through the blistering heat of the Namibian desert. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

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A mother elephant and young calf roam through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

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A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

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Paula Kahumbu is a world renowned conservationist and elephant expert, she has come to Odzala National Park to meet forest elephants in the wild for the first time in her career. (National Geographic for Disney/Fleur Bone)

5 of 12

A Desert elephant comes face to face with the film crew in a rigged film vehicle, showing the gigantic size of the elephant in full. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

6 of 12

Feeding time at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)

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Young elephants play together by a watering hole in Kabini, India. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)

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The iconic Chilojo Cliffs can be seen in the distance of the remote Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. (National Geographic for Disney/Freddie Claire)

9 of 12

A baby elephant covered in a mudbath, in the Namib Desert, Namibia. (National Geographic)

10 of 12

A lone elephant uses its trunk to spray dust onto its skin. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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An elephant reaches up to tree branches to secure food. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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  • A desert elephant walks through the blistering heat of the Namibian desert. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

  • A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

  • A mother elephant and young calf roam through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

  • A family of elephants roams through Kimana Sanctuary, a crucial corridor that links Amboseli National Park with the Chyulu Hills and Tsavo protected areas in Kenya, on May 23, 2022. As well as being the largest land mammal on earth, elephants are a keystone species and play an important role in the environment where they live. However, having roamed the wild for 15 million years, today, this iconic species faces the biggest threats to its survival due to ivory poaching, human-wildlife conflict and habitat destruction. (National Geographic for Disney/Nichole Sobecki)

  • Paula Kahumbu is a world renowned conservationist and elephant expert, she has come to Odzala National Park to meet forest elephants in the wild for the first time in her career. (National Geographic for Disney/Fleur Bone)

  • A Desert elephant comes face to face with the film crew in a rigged film vehicle, showing the gigantic size of the elephant in full. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

  • Feeding time at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)

  • Young elephants play together by a watering hole in Kabini, India. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)

  • The iconic Chilojo Cliffs can be seen in the distance of the remote Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. (National Geographic for Disney/Freddie Claire)

  • A baby elephant covered in a mudbath, in the Namib Desert, Namibia. (National Geographic)

  • A lone elephant uses its trunk to spray dust onto its skin. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

  • An elephant reaches up to tree branches to secure food. (National Geographic for Disney/Robbie Labanowski)

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