Round-the-clock feedings are part of a day's work for Nadine Hall as she hand-raises several precious cheetah cubs. "You become a zombie, but somehow get through it," said Hall, who is an animal ...

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 ...

Cheetahs, the fastest mammals on Earth, are now in a race against extinction. It’s estimated that fewer than 7,000 exist in the wild. John Yang speaks with Laurie Marker, a woman who has already ...

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 ...

For decades, some people have kept big cats like cheetahs and panthers as exotic pets, attempting to domesticate them. It’s believed that around 20,000 of these big cats remain in captivity in the US, ...

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 ...

At the bottom of the list, cheetahs have a lot to be wary of. Their delicate frame is built for fleeing quickly, not fighting back. Cheetahs can easily run at an average pace of 40 miles per hour. But ...

Update 4:10 p.m.: The AP is reporting that "after an all-night hunt that extended into the afternoon, 48 animals had been gunned down and six captured alive and taken to the Columbus Zoo, authorities ...

In Season 1 of “Big Cats 24/7,” we met scrappy, smart cheetahs who managed to survive in a world ruled by lions. Now, lightning-fast Pobe is back with a new challenge on her paws: raising two adorable ...