Caiman-eating jaguars survive fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands
Bold, Brazil’s well-known jaguar, has gained attention on social media for his impressive dives into rivers to catch caimans.
The New Threat to Brazil’s Forests: Chemicals
Authorities use satellites to track deforestation caused by chain saws or fire. Now criminals are using chemicals to degrade ...
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The world's largest tropical wetland is on fire, and under threat from waterway
"Nowhere else will you see so many hyacinth macaws, jaguars, swamp deer ... a third of the Pantanal burned. That's a 980% year-on-year increase, according to data from Brazil's National Institute ...
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Cattle Ranching and Sustainability in the Wetlands of Pantanal, Brazil
European explorers found instead large areas of swamp and millions of mosquitos ... and traditional cattle ranching system in the Pantanal, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation ...
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‘Large’-eyed creature with ‘heart shaped’ tongue found in swamp. It’s a new species
Check out our stories here. Brazilian backland casque-headed tree frogs were found on “thin perches about 1.5 m (5 feet) in height in Cerrado swamp forests,” researchers said. When picked up ...
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Why does Okefenokee deserve World Heritage status? No place on earth quite like the swamp
“People hear ‘swamp,’ and say ... The submission mentions Brazil's Pantanal (on the World Heritage List), the Flow Country of Scotland, Kapuatai Peat Dome in New Zealand, Indonesia's ...
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Caiman-eating jaguars survive fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands
The powerful feline and fellow jaguars have survived the devastation brought by the worst fires in the Pantanal ... Martin, who has studied Brazil’s largest feline for over a decade, reports ...