The iridescent cobalt-blue bird ... Pantanal are altering the habitat by burning to create grasslands for their cattle, or fields for their crops. Fires also destroy the essential Manduvi tree.

He drew my attention to the top of a tree where ... 80% of the Pantanal, rendering many parts inaccessible. The rest of the year is the dry season. During this period, dozens of birds and animal ...

Brazil’s Pantanal is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including its own “Big 5,” offering remote lodging in natural areas ...

I get my first hint of the Pantanal's impressive biodiversity as ... the tarmac like some sort of Rorschach test on steroids. Bird droppings, I come to realize. The tropical heat drapes over ...

The Pantanal makes the Florida Everglades ... "He would identify birds high in the trees before we even saw them, and he'd tell us all about their behavior and life histories.” ...

They also feed on bocaiúva nuts, which they can eat directly off the tree. In the late afternoon, hundreds of the birds can be seen on the pasture next to the cattle. The Pantanal is ...

By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring classes of animal.

A huge, man-made nest high in a tree snag at the far end of the display ... gurgling water sound — makes up for it.) The Pantanal’s bird life is “out of this world,” Ehmke said.

Every vista is bordered by blackened tree bark and scorched ... more common animals native to the Pantanal — including some of the most beautiful birds in the world – mean it is no surprise ...

The bird darts quickly out of our sight, and moments later, a loud squawk suggested it landed in a nearby tree. A few dozen ... such as the Pantanal, a Florida-size expanse of savannah and marshes ...

By analysing the genomes of more than 360 bird species, our study has identified the fundamental relationships among the major groups of living birds. The new family tree overturns some previous ...