This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 1952, cheetahs were officially declared extinct in India.

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 ...

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY -- Dr. Laurie Marker, foremost conservation biologist, cheetah expert and author is traveling more than 9,500 miles from her home in Africa to share the fascinating story of ...

Globally, cheetah numbers in the wild have dropped by 80 per cent in the last half-century For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm ...

Scientists are testing new tools to spot the origin of cheetahs poached from the wild and smuggled for the pet trade. By Rene Ebersole / Undark Published Jun 18, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...

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 them. But she worries that the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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 ...

How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animal - American zoologist Laurie Marker has been ...

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world’s critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of extinction in its last remaining refuge.