Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that ...

Researchers have discovered how rising heat is affecting cheetah behavior. Even the fastest animal in the world can't outrun the effects of climate change, according to experts. Cheetah populations ...

Recently published research finds that cheetahs aren’t above scavenging other predators’ kills, contrary to the conventional wisdom that they only eat what they kill. Direct observations and by-catch ...

The nonprofit works to study cheetahs, develop conservation programs, and share their findings through education, emphasizing the importance of the cheetah to a healthy ecosystem. When a cheetah, for ...

Male cheetah cub being hand-reared temporarily by carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Photo credit: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Photos are available to ...

Photos and b-roll are available to download in the Zoo’s newsroom. Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of five ...