DEWILDT, South Africa — The cheetahs converged on the old woman in two bounding strides. First one, then two, then five big cats emerged from the tall golden grass, tails twitching and eyes bulging ...

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 ...

Cheetahs are some of the most fascinating animals in the wild. They can reach speeds of 70 mph and accelerate faster than most sports cars; yet, for all their power and speed, they hold a unique ...

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 ...

An all-male cheetah pack has attacked and killed their leader in a bloody coup. Kenya's Tano Bora cheetah pack, which means 'the Magnificent Five' in the Maa language, is considered a force to be ...

Back in the 1970s, Dr. Laurie Marker hand-raised a cheetah cub and successfully taught it to hunt, sparking a lifelong mission. Since then, she’s built the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, a ...

Scientific American assistant news editor, Tanya Lewis, and collections editor, Andrea Gawrylewski, host a new podcast that takes a deeper look at short articles from the Advances news section of the ...

Conservationists in Somaliland are cracking down on cheetah trafficking, a persistent problem in the Horn of Africa. Five of the 11 cubs confiscated from notorious cheetah trafficker Cabdi Xayawaan ...