Plot Synopsis

THE SECRET LIFE OF ELEPHANTS is a three-part documentary series that reveals the emotional and dramatic lives of elephants in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve by following these animals as they struggle to raise their families, avoid conflict and forge alliances. The series opens with great excitement in one elephant family, when a new baby, named Breeze, is born. But her first few weeks look set to be the most dangerous of her life. Meanwhile, elephant experts Iain and Saba Douglas-Hamilton face the huge challenge of fitting a radio collar to a three-tonne female elephant with an entire herd looking out for her. Breeze faces her first big test, crossing a river, and the research team investigate when one of their best-known bull elephants is found dead in suspicious circumstances. But baby elephant Breeze is growing up fast, and with the dry season approaching, she is about to face her biggest test yet. Meanwhile, Breeze's teenage brother, Buster, seems intent on getting himself and Breeze into trouble. Outside the reserve, more trouble is brewing as people and elephants come into conflict. Iain sends daughter Saba on a mission to help one of their best-known elephants, Mountain Bull, who is on a collision course with farmers and villagers. The series closes with rains arriving after the drought. As hundreds of elephants descend on the reserve for the breeding season, the research team hit their busiest time of year. With the help of new technology, Saba tracks down the biggest land animals on earth: the mighty bull elephants. But even Saba is keeping her distance when Rommel, a dangerous bull who once flattened a car and tried to kill two of the team's researchers, arrives on the scene. Nat Geo Wild aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT, showing all three episodes back to back on the same night.