#EarthDay with Joe Stevens (joestevensfilms) For over 20 years, Joe Stevens has explored Brazil’s most remote wilds—but no animal has captured his imagination like the jaguar. “Of all the big cats,” he says, “jaguars have the most character and personality.” Joe has followed individuals across years and generations, building a body of work that tells deeper stories—of survival, resilience, and connection. One of his most powerful moments came while filming two orphaned sisters, Isa and Fera—the first jaguars successfully reintroduced into the wild through Projeto Onçafari and ICMBio. A decade later, he filmed Fera’s granddaughter, Leventina, in the Pantanal—bringing her story to screens across Brazil. Now, Joe and his team are tracking a rare black jaguar in the Cerrado, one of Brazil’s most endangered biomes, under increasing threat from agriculture and wildfire. “Being the first to film these animals here carries a huge responsibility,” he says. “We need to show what’s really happ...