A male jaguar takes a dip in a waterhole to cool off.

Hyacinth macaws squabble over palm nuts.

A jabiru stork stalks the riverbank at dusk.

A giant river otter with a plecostomus.

A giant anteater takes a drink.

Hyacinth macaws fly by at dawn.

Jaguar tourism is a huge draw generating millions of dollars per year.

A vaquero (cowboy) herds cattle along the Transpantaneira road, the road that bisects the Pantanal.

Hundreds of cattle wait at dusk, shrouded by smoke from nearby fires.

A cow, miraculously still alive after a jaguar attack.