(Read "Path of the Jaguars" in National Geographic magazine.) The largest of South America's cats, jaguars are good swimmers and regularly prey on fish, turtles, and caimans. They also eat larger ...

Dramatic still images of a jaguar ambushing an unwary caiman in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands went viral on the web this month. National Geographic has exclusive video of the attack that reveals what ...

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 ...

This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Thirty years ago the yacare caiman appeared to be heading for oblivion, ruthlessly hunted to supply a lucrative ...

In video previously shot by National Geographic showing a jaguar killing a caiman, Explorer Luke Dollar notes they're the most aquatic of all big cats. In the Pantanal, jaguars seem to take little ...

National Geographic covered a wide range of stories ... Exclusive Video: Jaguar Kills Caiman A jaguar lunges for a caiman in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands. Photograph by Paul Donahue In dramatic ...

These crocodilians are smaller than their black caiman relations ... a freshwater bony fish. National Geographic/Justin Mandel Clarice shows Gordon Ramsay how to grate cassava.

Midway between Corumbá and Campo Grande is Miranda, another good home base. The Caiman Lodge here is an excellent choice, located on a 131,000-acre (53,000-hectare) farm and ecological refuge.

Photograph by Kirsten Luce, National Geographic While animals are passed among the crowd, camera shutters click, and selfie sticks jut out at all angles. A woman holds a juvenile caiman ...