Caiman’s safaris, led by guide Rafael de Andrade, were equally thrilling as the hyacinth macaw and jaguar outings. The Pantanal offers its own big five animals: the jaguar, tapir, capybara ...

While the Pantanal faces dire ecological threats, including rampant fires and drying wetlands that have turned vast areas ...

A jaguar chases a caiman in the Pantanal. Given the cats’ broad diet and comfort in water, prowling a riverbank is “like scanning a buffet line,” says biologist and National Geographic ...

International poaching networks have turned the South American country into a mecca for feline trafficking. The lack of ...

A jaguar’s ultra-strong jaws and teeth can bite through a crocodile skull or turtle ... By protecting jaguars and the places where they live, we’re also helping to look after other wildlife – of which ...

Ian Ford (UK) documents the moment a jaguar bites and kills a caiman in the Pantanal. A call over the radio alerted Ian that a jaguar had been spotted prowling the banks of a São Lourenço River ...

The biodiversity and ecological wealth of the Pantanal are incalculable. At least 3,500 species of plants, about 600 birds, 150 mammals, 175 reptiles, 40 amphibians and 300 freshwater fish inhabit the ...

Meet Rojo, a 3-month-old jaguar cub who’s capturing hearts behind ... in the South American Pantanal habitat, right behind the giant river otters. Rojo, whose name means "red" in Spanish ...