Once heavily hunted for its valuable skin but now protected, Brazil’s yacare caiman is striding back in gratifying numbers.

The carcass of a yacare caiman lies in the dried-up river bed of the Pilcomayo river in Boqueron, Paraguay on Aug. 14, 2016. (Photo: Jorge Adorno/Reuters) In Paraguay, alongside the Pilcomayo River, ...

Dozens of caimans are on the verge of death because of a harsh drought that has hit a wide desert zone of Paraguay known as the Chaco Boreal. In this June 25, 2016 photo, the remains of a dead yacare ...

FORTIN GENERAL DIAZ, Paraguay – Dozens of caimans are on the verge of death because of a harsh drought that has hit a wide desert zone of Paraguay known as the Chaco Boreal. Owners of the area's San ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The prevalence and parasitemia of Hepatozoon caimani in the natural population of the caiman, Caiman yacaré, from the Pantanal area, state of ...

The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland that stretches across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. It’s nowhere near a beach with open seawater. Yacare caiman is a species of reptile related to ...

Image: 21 x 29.5 in. (53.34 x 74.93 cm.) Yacare Caiman in Pantanal, a tropical wetland, one of the world's largest wetland of any kind, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil features a small lake in Porto ...