The cheetah relies on stealth, explosive speed, and precise timing to capture its prey. By stalking as close as possible before launching into a rapid sprint, it uses a front paw to trip the prey and ...

Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that ...

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 ...

Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. At Kafue National Park, one cheetah has adapted his hunting strategy to find more prey: he hunts in the forest, instead of the open plains. This ...

Lions may not have the cheetah's speed or the leopard's forest cover but they have other tricks. Lions may not have the cheetah's speed or the leopard's forest cover. But they have other tricks for ...