Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a Brazilian river beach popular with tourists, biting at least 15 unwary swimmers. One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied ...
The discovery means the mussels could impact the state’s drinking water facilities, as they have in other areas where they’ve taken hold, such as Brazil’s Pantanal and China’s Pearl River.
A 1.500 square meter work, created by the artist Mundano also reusing flood mud, was inaugurated in the Brazilian city to draw attention to the climate emergency. For South America, 2024 was a tragic ...
But the Cerrado, which is less well-known than the neighboring Amazon and Pantanal wetlands, has a superpower: over millions of years, it has developed some resistance to flames and high temperatures.
On the prowl, Highly commended, Mammals category “While cruising the river systems of the Pantanal in Brazil, I spotted two young jaguar brothers moving upstream,” Andrew Skinne explains.
The Pantanal is a unique mosaic of marshes ... “It is considered a drought when the Paraguay River drops below four meters [13 feet]. In the 2024 floods, this measurement did not exceed one ...
The world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal is home to more than 4,700 plant and animal species, including crocodiles, jaguars, giant river otters, giant armadillos, and endangered maned wolves ...
Welcome to Gorilla vs. Jaguar: Who Is The King Of The Jungle? If you are interested in wildlife, you’ve likely heard much about the age-old battle between gorillas and jaguars. Humans have been ...
The dry spell has sparked wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands, raising concerns about further ecological devastation. The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest, famously ...