A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil 19 Jul 2024

A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil

Spot the wildlife star in today"s image; it"s the jaguar, the largest cat in the Americas, seen here gracing the Pantanal, Brazil. Jaguars arrived in the Americas some 2 million years ago, migrating from Eurasia through the Bering Strait. Today, they inhabit diverse habitats, from the woodlands of southwestern United States to the rainforests of northern Argentina.

© Tambako the Jaguar/Getty Images

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