Historic population bottlenecks left cheetahs genetically similar, increasing disease risk and threatening long-term survival ...

Dec. 4 is International Cheetah Day. It was established in 2010 by the Cheetah Conservation Fund to raise awareness about the dwindling populations and shrinking habitats of the fastest land animal on ...

Even the fastest animal in the world can't outrun the effects of climate change, according to experts. Cheetah populations are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures because hotter days are ...

The Cheetah Cub Cam is a unique way to get acquainted with the vulnerable species, said Adrienne Crosier, a cheetah biologist at SCBI. From Smithsonian Institution Nestled in their heated den, the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two cheetah cubs have been born from in vitro fertilization to a surrogate cheetah mother for the first time, and experts are hailing it as a "huge scientific breakthrough." The cubs ...

A cheetah hasn't been seen in India in 70 years, until now. Some 70 years after humans drove cheetahs to extinction in India, the country now seeks to bring them back. In efforts to reestablish a ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 1952, cheetahs were officially declared extinct in India.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – It may sound like a West Side Story-style love story, but some dogs love big cats. Cheetahs are the fastest mammals in the world, but they also are the world’s biggest scaredy-cats ...

An Asiatic cheetah has given birth to cubs at a facility in Iran, marking the first time the species reproduced in captivity, according to the Iranian Cheetah Society. An Asiatic cheetah has given ...

Twelve cheetahs have arrived in India as part of efforts to revive the species after decades of extinction. Originally from Namibia, the feline predators were flown in on Saturday from Johannesburg in ...

African cheetahs that have been released into a small area of forest in Madhya Pradesh under Project Cheetah are seen as a spectacular conservation story by the Union government, but the fast-moving ...