"The cubs appear to be strong, active, vocal and eating well," the zoo said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an ...

The world’s wild cheetah population is down to just 7,100 individuals, a decline of more than 90 percent since the turn of the 20th century Cheetah have disappeared across 91 percent of their historic ...

The National Zoo houses the world’s fastest land mammal, the cheetah. In tribute to this swift-moving animal, a panel of distinguished experts including Laurie Marker, founder and executive director ...

For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, ...

Scientists are testing new tools to spot the origin of cheetahs poached from the wild and smuggled for the pet trade. By Rene Ebersole / Undark Published Jun 18, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...

Following the successful reintroduction of the once-extinct dire wolves, scientists have set their sights next on reintroducing another mythical creature—the Indian cheetah. Selecting the world's ...

As Indian authorities are working to finalise permissions for the translocation of five African cheetahs from Botswana, ...

Asiatic cheetahs—like this one photographed in Iran—haven't had a stable population in India in decades. Now, the government has clearance to introduce African cheetahs into several wildlife ranges in ...

Johannesburg, South Africa — Cheetahs: The world’s fastest land animal and the Middle East’s hottest pet. On Instagram you’ll find hundreds of photos of rich, young Arabs posing with their cheetahs at ...