Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands, is home to a sizable population of jaguars. Near one tiny outpost, the ...

The Pantanal is "more intact and pristine" than most other wetlands in the world, said World Wildlife. It comprises about 3% of all the wetlands on Earth – but less than 5% of it is protected.

Every year torrential rains flood the Pantanal, filling the landscape with ... Females are comparatively smaller, growing to about 5 feet long and weighing between 30 and 45 pounds.

The Pantanal Conservation Area consists of a cluster of four protected areas with a total area of 187,818 ha. Located in western central Brazil at the south-west corner of the State of Mato Grosso, ...

For now, the Pantanal is relatively intact, sustaining more than 270 communities—1.5 million people—in addition to its flora and fauna, and helping to stabilize the climate throughout the region and ...

From Jan. 1 to June 23, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recorded 3,262 fire outbreaks in the Pantanal, 33% more than in the same period of 2020.