The Pantanal, in the Central-West region of Brazil, is in the grip of record fires. In this wildlife sanctuary, more than 760,000 hectares of vegetation were destroyed in the first six months of 2024.

Thousands of fires have broken out since the beginning of the year in this important wetland area in west-central Brazil. NGOs and authorities fear that the dry season, which has only just begun ...

The world's largest wetland, Brazil’s Pantanal is home to around 5,000 jaguars and is the best place on earth to see the elusive cats in the wild. And at around 70,000sq miles, the UNESCO world ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — In the north of Brazil, dried rivers have left communities accessible only by boat landlocked. In the central west, fires are razing what were once wetlands. And in the densely ...

In south-west Brazil, the Pantanal stretches as far as the eye can see, between flooded plains, lush forests and stunning wildlife. Let’s take a tour of this giant wetland, the largest in the world.

A study by MapBiomas released on National Pantanal Day on Tuesday (Nov. 12), shows that the pantanal’s flooded area has been shrinking in recent decades. The phenomenon is believed to be caused ...

Covering a staggering 195,000 square kilometres, the region located in west-central Brazil is the world's largest tropical wetland area and the world's largest flooded grasslands.

It sprawls across the borders dividing Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, with about 80 percent of it contained in Brazil. Image Firefighting in the Pantanal in late June.

Brasilia, Brazil's modernist capital, woke up the last two days to find its iconic buildings enveloped in smoky air. The central part of the country is just the latest region affected by smoke ...

The Pantanal, which sprawls across Brazil into Bolivia and Paraguay, is bigger than England at more than 42 million acres.It's one of the world's most biologically rich environments and "a real ...

Visit the Pantanal: The world's largest tropical wetland. Brazil's focal area for regenerative tourism in 2025 is the Pantanal. It's a star state for those wanting to see a pristine patch of the ...

Brazil’s satellites did not detect anything alarming. Yet down on the ground, the trees were dying. Slowly but surely, a stretch of protected forest the size of New York City was drying out.