For the past half hour a mother cheetah named Etta has been sitting in the shade with her four young cubs, eyeing a herd of Thomson’s gazelles that drifted into view on a nearby rise.

To the reserve's predators – and especially its cheetahs – the tall grass is the best hunting aid of all. We all know about the cheetah's electrifying speed. Large nostrils and an enlarged ...

The wild Cheetah population is believed to be around 6,600 mature individuals and decreasing. They are currently classified under the genus Acinonyx, whose closest living relatives are cougars and ...

Cheetahs are beautiful, powerful felines known for their unique 2,000 to 3,000 spots. Residing in remote areas in Africa and ...

They're the sprinters of the animal world - cheetahs on land, falcons in the air and marlins in the sea. But, why are they so fast when bigger, more muscular animals might be expected to outpace them?

If all goes well, eight cheetahs - five males and three females - will make the 8,405km (5,222 miles) journey from South Africa to their new home in a sprawling national park in India in November.

When most of us think "fireworks," we think of brilliant bursts of light and color we've seen paint a night sky. But such bursts are merely the spectacular end of fireworks that likely took ...

like cheetahs. Why does running speed break with the regular patterns that govern most other aspects of animal anatomy and ...

By Mekado Murphy ‘Saturday Night’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Jason Reitman narrates a sequence from his film about the making of the first episode of “Saturday Night Live.” ...

Dead body of Olarishani, a member of the famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve "Tano Bora". The cheetah succumbed to bite injuries. [Courtesy] Barely a fortnight since the famous Maasai Mara Game ...

A cheetah that arrived at Edinburgh Zoo just two months ago has died. Edinburgh Zoo shared the news that Cleo the cheetah died overnight "despite the hard work of the vet team and keepers".

A cheetah that had only arrived at Edinburgh Zoo in July has died. Cleo, a five-year-old animal which was the first cheetah at the zoo in 24 years, came to Edinburgh from Fota Wildlife Park in ...