Watch This: the Great American Eclipse, how to move 500 elephants, and more

All you need to know about next Monday's solar eclipse—and more | [WATCH THOUSANDS OF VIDEOS ON OUR WEBSITE]( [WHAT’S ON TV]( ONLINE]( [TAP HERE TO EXPLORE THOUSANDS OF NAT GEO VIDEOS]( [National Geographic]( [WATCH THIS]( . [ANIMALS]( |]( See our producers' favorite videos of the week . [| 1:08 |]( |]( [This Is the Biggest Dinosaur Ever Found]( It's no small feat to uncover the largest dinosaur ever discovered. In 2013, Argentine paleontologists were called to a family farm in the Patagonia region after the landowners thought they had found something interesting. [The newly named Patagotitan mayorum is the biggest dinosaur paleontologists have ever found](. At nearly 70 tons, it is the heaviest animal to ever walk on land. It belongs to a group of long-necked dinosaurs called titanosaurs, many of which grew to sizes similar to Patagotitan. —Shaena Montanari, mass media fellow [WATCH NOW]( SHARE [F]( [T]( . [| 0:58 |]( |]( [Follow the Eclipse on Its Coast-to-Coast Tour]( Whitman, Kerouac, the Griswolds: The road trip has always been a staple of America's history and imagination. A sucker for Americana myself, I could only think of this eclipse as [the moon's shadow taking its own road trip]( from Oregon's rocky coast, over vast spaces of the West, stopping by Nashville, and on to South Carolina's beaches. And if you do happen to be on the highway on August 21, and in the path of the eclipse, and happen to be driving a convertible, why not put that top down and soak up some astronomy? —Jim Burch, editor [WATCH NOW]( SHARE [F]( [T]( Get ready for the Great American Eclipse On August 21, a total solar eclipse will cross America for the first time in a century. Learn everything you need to know about what it is, how to see it, and more. [Take a look]( . [| 1:43 |]( Videos |]( [Meet Some of the World's Most Endangered Animals]( While some of the world's critically endangered species include charismatic animals like the Malayan tiger, others—like the Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake—are at risk of going extinct before most people know they even exist. Fortunately, photographer Joel Sartore has been on a mission to capture portraits of thousands of species across the globe as part of [National Geographic Photo Ark](. His portraits, such as those in this video, serve both as a record of each animal's existence and inspiration to help protect them. —Jed Winer, associate producer [WATCH NOW]( SHARE [F]( [T]( . [| 1:29 |]( |]( [See What It Takes to Move 500 Elephants]( Last July, one conservation group completed [a years-long endeavor to move more than 500 African elephants](. Sedated via helicopter, unconscious elephants were hoisted by a crane onto trucks and driven 12 hours across Malawi. Conservationists hope they'll repopulate a park once decimated by poaching. Watching these six-ton animals move to a new home makes for video that's both exciting and adorable. Amid news of horrific threats facing wildlife, it's a success story worth celebrating. —Sarah Gibbens, online writer [WATCH NOW]( SHARE [F]( [T]( DO YOU WATCH NAT GEO WILD? Click below to join our new viewer panel and share your views, opinions, and experiences on Nat Geo WILD programming. [JOIN NOW]( . [| 7:03 |]( FILM SHOWCASE |]( [She Escaped Genocide in Her Homeland. Now, She Returns to Help]( This Short Film Showcase piece is beautifully shot and inventively animated, but it's Imana's poignant story—narrowly escaping death as an infant, growing up in Belgium as a dark-skinned girl, reconnecting to her homeland and birth family as an adult—that makes this such a powerful watch. It's intimate, personal stories like these that help us truly connect to the impact of horrifying events like the Rwanda genocide—and learn what we can do to help rebuild. —Rachel Brown, associate producer [WATCH NOW]( SHARE [F]( [T]( What did you think of our picks this week? Let us know at watchthis@natgeo.com. [Shop]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( [Travel]( [WATCH MORE VIDEOS]( [SHOP]( [DONATE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [TRAVEL]( [FB]( [Twitter]( [IG]( [YouTube]( You are receiving this email because {EMAIL} is signed up to receive National Geographic communications. If you prefer not to receive emails from us, please [unsubscribe](. [About Us]( | [Contact Us]( | [Privacy Policy]( To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ng@e.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now. [Learn how](. National Geographic | 1 145 1 7th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 2 0036 Copyright © 2017 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.