A baby "desert elephant" has been filmed learning how to use mud as "sunscreen" following rare rainfall in the harsh climate of its typically arid home. The clip shows a group of desert elephants in ...

Fresh dung. Tracks in the sand of the Namib desert. The black rhinoceros can't be far away. Wildlife rangers Stefanus Ganuseb, 42, and Fritz Hoeb, 45, are patrolling on foot, equipped with binoculars ...

Did you know that one of James Cameron’s informal titles is “National Geographic Explorer-at-Large”? It’s true – he’s an executive producer of Secrets of the Elephants (airing on Nat Geo, streaming on ...

Why am I always disappointed by the elephant shrew? In Michael Chritons Jurassic Park (book not movie) John Hammond ran around proving his ability to manipulate genetic material by showing investors a ...

The newest film at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater showcases Earth’s largest land animal on Chattanooga’s biggest screen. Officials said, "Reaching as much as 13 feet tall and weighing in at a ...

In the hot dunes of Southern Africa’s Namib Desert, the black beetle Onymacris plana runs fast for its tiny size. Turns out, the speed not only helps the beetles find food but also, perhaps, cool down ...