Brazil’s Pantanal, the world's largest wetlands, is on fire and threatens thousands of the most biodiverse species including jaguars, anteaters, and caimans.
NASA satellites show the fire is quadruple the size of the largest fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest which threatens 36 species on the verge of extinction.
This is unusual for the Pantanal, the world's largest floodplain is meant to fill with water during the rainy season from November to April.