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 ...

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 ...

JUST KEEP SWIMMING: Conservationists captured the moment a jaguar was seen swimming in the Uatuma River in Brazil recently. The conservation company Let It Trees said that they were able to direct the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Despite what they say about cats and water, jaguars are powerful swimmers. These predators rarely stray from the rivers and wetlands that permeate their rainforest habitat, and they readily dive in to ...

RIO NEGRO, Brazil — An injured jaguar swimming in the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil, got an unexpected assist from military police in the country when they came across the ...

Spread the loveA two-year-old male Jaguar that had allegedly been hunted was critically wounded by gunfire. He was discovered ...

On June 13, 2025, a jaguar attacked an alligator in Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, Brazil. After waiting over 4 hours, the jaguar jumped when one alligator swam directly toward it. The ambush was captured ...