Scientists in Brazil recently recorded evidence that a jaguar visited an isolated island in the reservoir area of the Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Dam in northern Goiás State. The same jaguar had ...

A scientific research paper awaiting peer review explains how a jaguar that once lived on mainland Brazil must have swum at least 1.27 km (0.8 miles) to a forested island in the Serra da Mesa ...

A jaguar in Brazil has been documented making a record-breaking swim of up to 1.54 miles (2.48 kilometers). This distance is far beyond the previous verified record of around 650 feet (200 meters) for ...

Biologists in Brazil have documented a jaguar swimming an estimated 2.3 kilometers, or 1.4 miles, across an artificial reservoir in the Cerrado savanna, the longest confirmed swim by the species to ...

Unlike many other big cats, jaguars love water. For these wild felines, swimming isn’t just for fun; it’s essential to their survival. In this YouTube video, a young cub takes her very first swim as ...