Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Pantanal

Photo: Pantanieros (cowboys) herd cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Pantanieros (cowboys) herd cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: Pantanieros (cowboys) herd cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Pantanieros (cowboys) herd cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: A pantaniero (cowboy) herds cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil's Pantanal.

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A pantaniero (cowboy) herds cattle during the dry season at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: A pantaniero (cowboy) ropes cattle on horseback at Caiman Ranch in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A pantaniero (cowboy) ropes cattle on horseback at Caiman Ranch in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A van crosses a rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A van crosses a rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Seasonal flooding causes water levels to rise in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Seasonal flooding causes water levels to rise in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

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Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

Photo: Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

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Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

Photo: A view of the Brazilian Pantanal during the dry season, near Araras Eco Lodge.

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A view of the Brazilian Pantanal during the dry season, near Araras Eco Lodge.

Photo: A fire burns in the Cerrado along the highway to Caceres in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A fire burns in the Cerrado along the highway to Caceres in Brazil’s Pantanal region. Though clearing areas for agriculture using fire has been banned in the region, the practice continues.

Photo: A fire burns in the Cerrado along the highway to Caceres in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A fire burns in the Cerrado along the highway to Caceres in Brazil’s Pantanal region. Though clearing areas for agriculture using fire has been banned in the region, the practice continues.

Photo: Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

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Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

Photo: Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

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Aerial of the Brazilian Pantanal near Pousada Barra Mansa during the wet season.

Photo: A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A rickety wooden bridge spans a marshy area on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Acuri palm nuts, the primary food of the hyacinth macaw.

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Acuri palm nuts, the primary food of the hyacinth macaw. These birds have the strongest jaws of any other bird in the Pantanal.

A roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) peers out of a tree in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

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A roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) peers out of a tree in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

A lynx spider (family Oxyopidae) crawls on purple flowers in Brazil.

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A lynx spider (family Oxyopidae) crawls on purple flowers in Brazil.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) surveys the surface of the Pixaim River in the Pantanal. This otter is from a family of seven adults which has been habituated over the years by tourists feeding them fish from their boats.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) surveys the surface of the Pixaim River in the Pantanal. This otter is from a family of seven adults which has been habituated over the years by tourists feeding them fish from their boats.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) consumes fish in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

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