WASHINGTON (AP) — Two cheetahs at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo came across unexpected prey and the result was predictable. Zoo officials say a white-tailed deer was killed by the cheetahs after it ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The cheetah does a lot of high-speed sprinting to catch its prey in the arid, hot desert. Learn about its advance, cooling adaptations and see the ...

First, it helps to understand how cheetahs typically hunt. Cheetahs often live and hunt alone or with just one or two other individuals. On their own, they can take down medium-sized mammals, such as ...

IT’S a race against time to save the world’s fastest land mammal as cheetah numbers continue to plummet. Only about 7 500 remain in the wild, with roughly 1 400 of them in South Africa.