In the restored grasslands of Northeast Argentina, researchers have discovered a rare wild cat whose situation is so critical that many experts consider it to be the most endangered small feline species on the planet. The images that they captured are the first...
Born to Be Wild: Jaguar Cubs are Born in Iberá
The first wild birth of jaguars has been documented after the species went locally extinct in Northeast Argentina’s Corrientes Province 70 years ago, the product of two jaguars from Rewilding Argentina's first-of-a-kind rewilding program. After the recent release of...
Macaws Released in Wildfire-Sticken Wetlands
Following massive wildfires that devastated the Argentine province of Corrientes in early 2022, five red-and-green macaws–a species extinct until recently in Argentina–join a founding population of released macaws that can help regenerate native forest in the Iberá...
Red-footed tortoises return!
In the largest international rewilding effort to date in South America, a group of red-footed tortoises is being released in El Impenetrable National Park. Argentina’s largest land turtle is considered ecologically extinct there. Following the country’s first...
Jaquars Roam Free in Argentina Ibera Wetlands for the First Time in 70 Years
Argentina has brought jaguars back to the vast Iberá wetlands, seventy years after the species was driven to local extinction through hunting and habitat loss. An adult jaguar (Panthera onca) and her two captive-born cubs have been released into the wild, the first in...
Mating Wild and Captive Jaguars to Save the Species
Nov 11, 2020 --IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK, ARG On October 17, 2020, an unlikely romance was underway in the Gran Chaco. A wild jaguar, the first discovered in Impenetrable National Park, entered the pen of a captive jaguar with the promise of mating. Their encounter...
Argentina Welcomes Red-and-Green Macaws: the first Born in the Wild in over a Century
Recently reintroduced red-and-green macaws have produced the first successful wild chicks in the Iberá wetlands in 150 years. Extinct throughout Argentina, the return of this species is also a key step in restoring native forests to this valuable ecosystem. After...