Cheetah survival gets a boost from a new five-year partnership supporting translocations and conservation in Southern Africa.

Moving a cheetah to a new home is risky—but necessary for the survival of the species. This is the tale of one particularly harrowing journey.

The cheetah stands as one of the most visually striking and structurally distinct predators roaming the global savanna. To the casual observer, their reputation is built entirely on a single, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Fun Cheetah Fact, No. 1: It’s the fastest land animal, reaching speeds of 70 mph. They’re fast, graceful hunters, an eliteness that fascinated Virginia Tech cornerbacks coach Derek ...

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 ...

Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent marks, urine and scats. A team from the Cheetah Research ...

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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 ...

Conservationists say they have recorded several new adult and cub Asiatic cheetahs, a critically endangered subspecies found only in Iran. By Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon See more of our coverage ...