India's ambitious bid to reintroduce cheetahs received a major boost Wednesday when the environment minister announced the ...

Researchers extracted ancient DNA from naturally mummified cheetahs found inside a remote cave system in northern Saudi ...

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.

Asiatic cheetahs once roamed the land between the Arabian Peninsula and India, and they were thought to have been the only type of cheetah to have lived in Saudi Arabia. Today, the subspecies is ...

The cheetah is back – thanks to a smart release project that now sees populations flourishing in South Africa and beyond ...

The discovery of seven naturally-mummified cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in caves in northern Saudi Arabia reveals that at least two subspecies of the endangered cats inhabited the Arabian Peninsula ...

TEHRAN, IranTEHRAN, Iran — Iran released four conservationists who had worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before they were convicted on espionage charges and spent five years in prison, ...

GARMSAR, Iran - Iranian environmentalists have mobilized to protect the world's last Asiatic cheetahs, estimated to number just 50 and faced with the threats of becoming roadkill, a shortage of prey ...

An Asiatic cheetah has given birth to cubs at a facility in Iran, marking the first time the species reproduced in captivity, according to the Iranian Cheetah Society. An Asiatic cheetah has given ...

A critically endangered Asiatic cheetah is seen in its enclosure at Pardisan Park in the Iranian capital Tehran in 2017. Just a dozen individuals are believed to ...