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 ...

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 ...

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 ...