How did you start working with cheetahs? I conducted a research internship at the San Diego Zoo when I was an undergrad ... So there's not a lot of time to prepare the baby room, so to speak.

Tumai is an 8-year-old female cheetah whose name in Swahili means "Hope." She and Zazi ("Fertile"), a 7-year-old female, moved into the National Zoo's new Cheetah Science Facility this past September.

Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have determined that while the hormones and eggs of cheetahs older than 8 years appear normal, the animals’ uterine tracks tend to ...

As of this summer, the National Zoo had 24 adult cheetahs and two youngsters, both 10 months old. The cheetahs here get weighed monthly. The Smithsonian says there are 7,500 to 10,000 cheetahs in ...

Take Zola, Kiara, and Lulu, a trio of cute cheetah cubs that reside at the Cincinnati Zoo. Their zookeepers tried to introduce the cubs to a brand-new enrichment toy: a creepy-crawly centipede toy.

Xiao Qi Ji, a 16-month-old panda, impressively trotted and slid on his belly in the snow in a video captured by the ... and several cute cheetah cubs, many of the National Zoo's other animals ...