I think people naturally root for the underdog, so perhaps that’s why Pobe, a 7-year-old female cheetah quickly became my favourite big cat on Xudum island. Cheetahs are quite literally ...

The Mara's lush vegetation is useful in other ways, too. At an average of 54kg, the cheetah is the smallest of the big cats (and is classified in a separate genus – Acinonyx compared to Panthera ...

With their black spotted coats and teardrop marks, the cheetah is a sleek animal, racing across grasslands at speeds touching 70 miles (112km) an hour to capture prey. The cat is also a remarkably ...

Usain Bolt is the fastest man alive, but when it comes to racing our four-legged friends, it’s a different story. The ...

In Africa cheetah numbers plummeted by more than 90 percent during the course of the 20th century, as farmers, ranchers, and herdsmen crowded the cats out of their habitat, hunters shot them for ...

A photographer who has travelled to South Africa to shoot images of big cats is convinced he saw one a lot closer to home, here in Gloucestershire. The sighting was to the east of Cheltenham and ...

The BBC also contacted Rajesh Gopal, chairman of the cheetah project, but he hasn't responded yet. Wildlife experts, however, say such injuries are not uncommon among other big cats too ...