Animals are amazing. The fact that birds can mimic human voices and dogs can hear stuff we can’t is proof enough. But the proof goes way beyond those domestic examples. Animals can do all kinds of ...

Did you know that those two iconic long black lines on a cheetah’s face have a purpose? Or that these big cats are pretty good mothers? I bet you also didn’t know that some cheetahs eat melons! Those ...

When wildlife travelers (particularly safari fans) discuss the fastest animals in the world, a particular cat from the small cat lineage (Felinae) almost always enters the conversation: the cheetah.

In celebration of wildlife conservation, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom will be hosting its third conservation day of the year, this time honoring the fastest land animals — cheetahs. Sunday’s event, in ...

WASHINGTON — See how they grow. Four cheetah cubs born during the government shutdown were on a live display as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute turned on the 'Cheetah Cub Cam' inside ...

FILE - A cheetah descends from on top of a mound in the savannah of the Maasai Mara, Kenya, July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) (Ben Curtis, Copyright 2025 The ...

Wildlife pathologist Dr. Karen Terio works to understand, diagnose, treat and prevent disease in a host of animals, from ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use ...