Explore the world's largest freshwater swamp, the Pantanal. In southwestern Brazil, the Pantanal, the world's largest freshwater swamp is home to a startling variety of wildlife, especially birds and ...

FILE - Encontro das Aguas park stands in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Nov. 17, 2023, after wildfires burned part of it in the Pantanal biome, the world's biggest ...

Poconã, Brazil — The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast ...

A veterinarian works on the paws of a Jaguar named Ousado, who suffered second-degree burns during the fires in the Pantanal region, at the headquarters of Nex Felinos, an NGO aimed at defending ...

More than 580 species of bird, 271 types of fish, 174 mammal species, 131 different reptiles and 57 amphibian species known to inhabit the Pantanal. Xinhua/Lucio Tavora via Getty Images The ...

Brazil’s Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland on earth, is ablaze, with fires in June breaking historical records for that month. While aerial views of the wetland show smoke rising and the bright ...

In the 30 days of September, the Pantanal accumulated 8,106 fire outbreaks, exceeding by 35% the historical record of 5,993 fire outbreaks detected in August 2005. While the President of Brazil, Jair ...

The destruction of the world's largest tropical wetland may endanger biodiversity and cut off vital resources for wildlife and people. A jaguar mother and her cub sit under charred vegetation of ...

Embark on an immersive journey into South America’s most spectacular wildlife system, the Pantanal. Step into the world’s largest tropical wetland, offering close encounters with jaguars, giant river ...

Our boatman gets a radio call that a jaguar mother and two cubs have been spotted moving along a riverbank in the Pantanal wetlands of southern Brazil about 20 minutes from our present location. But ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s massive Pantanal ...