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 ...

Even during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, life goes on — literally. While the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute was closed to the public and not sharing ...

A cheetah named Amabala welcomed a litter of four cheetah cubs at the Smithsonian's National Zoo on Oct. 17 and 18, during the government U.S. shutdown The cubs' father is Flash, an 8-year-old male ...

A litter of four cheetah cubs was born on the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Front Royal, Virginia, campus last month. Now, they can be seen through the Cheetah Cub Cam, a live camera feed available on ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo was closed to the public last month during the U.S. government's longest shutdown in history — but that didn't stop one mother cheetah from bringing some new additions ...

"The cubs appear to be strong, active, vocal and eating well," the zoo said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an ...