Jaguar research
Below: the jaguar is under threat from habitat loss in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest and is considered ‘near threatened’ by the IUCN
In the dense jungle of Brazil’s Mata Atlântica – the Atlantic Rainforest – a small team of international volunteers is assisting local biologists in efforts to track down two of the region’s most elusive inhabitants: the jaguar and the puma. Erin McCloskey reports
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