As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

IT’S a race against time to save the world’s fastest land mammal as cheetah numbers continue to plummet. Only about 7 500 ...

Lead was detected in all cheetahs studied, with concentrations increasing the longer they had been kept in captivity and fed meat from animals shot with lead-based ammunition. But it is just the ...

A leopard sighted in Pune's Aundh area is believed to have travelled along the Mula river from nearby defence forests. Wildlife experts suggest an ecological corridor facilitated its movement. Forest ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced four cheetah cubs were born to a first-time mother during the government shutdown. The zoo announced in a ...

Picture the immense American Great Plains. Instead of long stretches of open highway and monocrop grains, it’s brimming with mile upon mile of animal herds. During the ensuing week we learned to hale ...

Amabala, a 5-year-old female who was born in captivity, is raising four healthy cubs. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Tens of thousands of cheetahs roamed Asia and Africa ...

Even during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, life goes on — literally. While the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute was closed to the public and not sharing ...

Feeling bold? Slide into these barrel leg print jeans with a crisp white button down and leather jacket to balance wild and polished. Finish with a slim belt and simple hoops (trust). Madewell has ...

A tiger, a cheetah and a leopard have had CT scans to investigate their "unexplained and persistent mobility issues". Vets sedated Amur tiger Luca, mainland clouded leopard Django and Southern African ...

There are relatively few snow leopards in the world, and it has likely been that way for a long time, a new study indicates. This situation increases their risk of extinction in a changing environment ...

The mummified remains of seven cheetahs, some dating back thousands of years, have been reported in caves in Saudi Arabia – the first naturally mummified big cats ever found by scientists. The mummies ...