WASHINGTON — See how they grow. Four cheetah cubs born during the government shutdown were on a live display as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute turned on the 'Cheetah Cub Cam' inside ...

Eleven cheetah cubs were rescued from illegal trade in Somaliland in what a conservationist described on Thursday as "one of the largest confiscations of the species." The cubs were packed in bags ...

New conservation methods could help to save the species. Thousands of feet in the air, Willem Briers-Louw, a wildlife biologist, surveys the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique via helicopter -- seeking the ...

FILE - A cheetah descends from on top of a mound in the savannah of the Maasai Mara, Kenya, July 6, 2015. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use ...