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Cheetahs

The Problem With a 'Cheetah House'

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 05.10.2013 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

Cheetah moms raising cubs in the wild already have it tough -- human wildlife conflict and habitat loss have already decimated the cheetah population by 90 percent in the last 100 years. The Schoemans and their "Cheetah House" have just made it tougher.

Zoo Project Breeds An Unlikely Friendship

AP | By SUE MANNING | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It may sound like a West Side Story-style love story, but some dogs love big cats. Cheetahs are the fastest mammal...

WATCH: Cheetah Cubs Unveiled For First Time

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 01.15.2013 | Green

Five recently born cheetah cubs made their public debut Tuesday when they were unveiled at an Australian zoo near Adelaide. The cubs were born at M...

WATCH: Cheetahs Race In A Horse Park

The Huffington Post | Samreen Hooda | Posted 12.27.2012 | Green

Two Houston Zoo cheetahs recently had a chance to stretch their legs on a run, and their stunning speed was caught on camera. "They need about 600 ...

The Day of the Cheetah

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 01.30.2013 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

International Cheetah Day is a celebration of the magnificence of the cheetah. (Really, is there anything more awe-inspiring than watching a cheetah sprint across the grasslands, every muscle of its body a perfect expression of speed and grace?) It is also an opportunity to take action.

Amazing Look At Fastest Animal On The Planet

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 11.27.2012 | Green

They're graceful; they're endangered and they make Usain Bolt look like he's standing still. Cheetahs enjoy the status as the world's fastest runne...

Embracing the Cheetah, Embracing the World

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 01.15.2013 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

It is still my very fervent belief that while we need the help of the whole world to save the cheetah, in doing so, the cheetah has the opportunity to help the whole world in return.

PHOTOS: A Day In The Mala Mala Reserve

Lindblad Expeditions | Posted 01.07.2013 | Travel
Lindblad Expeditions

We began another beautiful morning at Mala Mala searching for lions that had been calling at dawn across the river from the Main Camp. Soon we got a radio call that Keith (the Main Camp Manager) had just sighted a leopard and cub from the camp's deck. We turned and headed to the edge of the river.

Momentum: Moving at Cheetah Speed Towards Solutions

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 12.30.2012 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

The idea is that farmers in cheetah range areas can be monitored and certified as practicing predator-friendly livestock and cattle management.

Committing to the Future: For Cheetahs and Everyone Else, Too

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 11.27.2012 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

The purpose of the Clinton Global Initiative is to help commitment makers like myself connect with potential partners and resources to make these big ideas into reality. Our goal is to create large landscapes that are healthy places for people, livestock and predators and prey.

Biomass Energy: Burning Bushes to Save Cheetahs

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 11.17.2012 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

Expansion of the biomass fuel industry in Namibia addresses two problems that are rampant in Africa: poverty and the availability of electric power.

Speed Matters: In the Olympics, in Business, and for Cheetahs

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 10.07.2012 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

With loss of habitat and threats from humans, the cheetah is running its most important race -- the race for survival in the wild. Cheetahs are an endangered species whose population has plummeted by 90 percent in the last century.

National Zoo's Cheetah Cubs Named For Olympic Sprinters

Posted 08.06.2012 | Green

By OurAmazingPlanet Staff: The results are in! The Smithsonian National Zoo's two cheetah cubs have been named for the fastest male and female Amer...

LOOK: Adorable Cheetahs Are Getting Bigger

Posted 06.08.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian's National Zoo announced Thursday that its two six-week-old cheetah cubs, who survived a "rare and risky" birth, are gai...

PHOTOS: After Risky Birth, Zoo Will Hand Raise Cheetah Cubs

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 07.23.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON — Two cheetah cubs have a new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and are being raised by human hands after a risky birth last mon...

Why Helping People Is Key to Saving the Endangered Cheetah

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 07.02.2012 | Impact
Dr. Laurie Marker

If the cheetah loses its race for survival, the American Prong-horn Antelope will become the fastest land mammal, and all those textbooks naming the cheetah as the fastest land animal will need to be changed.

WATCH: Cheetah And Puppy Are BFFs

Posted 04.19.2012 | Miami

Last March, Busch Gardens in Tampa received a 3-week-old orphaned male cheetah, which required around-the-clock care as a furry newborn. And becau...

Lions, Wolves And Bears Escape Ohio Exotic Animal Farm; Owner Found Dead

AP | By ANDY BROWNFIELD | Posted 12.19.2011 | Green

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Officers armed with assault rifles patrolled Zanesville Wednesday morning, a day after police killed dozens of animals that e...

Africa's Wild Cats Captured on Film (PHOTOS)

Millie Kerr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Millie Kerr

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PHOTOS/VIDEOS: A Day In The Life Of A Serengeti Animal

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

From BBC Earth's Arj Singh: You could say it is the best of times and the worst of times for the herbivores of the Serengeti. The arrival of the ra...

Oddest Animal Companions

David Mizejewski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
David Mizejewski

Sometimes animals that wouldn't normally socially interact break the mold and become friends, transcending or ignoring instinct and how science says t...

Safari Part IV: The Legendary Lemarti's Camp

Lauren Scott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Lauren Scott

This is one of the most romantic, authentic and beautifully designed camps I have ever seen. From the moment you arrive you totally disconnect from the 'real' world.

The Sultaness of Samara

Christy Ferer | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Christy Ferer

South Africa is holding its breath, waiting to find out if Sibella, one of the endangered cheetah species, is giving birth.

Cheetahs Make A Miraculous Comeback In Angola

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

OTJIWARONGO, Namibia — Scientists saw cheetahs in southern Angola for the first time in three decades since the now-ended civil war devastated t...

Orana Cheetahs Escape: 3 Big Cats Swim Moat, Escape Enclosure At New Zealand Wildlife Park

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three cheetahs swam a moat and crawled through a hole in a rusty fence to escape their enclosure and then briefly roam...