Hello kitty — and please don’t tear me to shreds. In Tanzania’s world-famed Serengeti National Park, a sleek fanged cheetah shockingly jumps up on our safari jeep just a claw’s swipe away from us. Let ...

"It was just so amazing to see how beautiful this cheetah was," Jennifer Shimek said of the encounter. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

On International Cheetah Day 2025, explore seven stunning wildlife safaris where the world's fastest big cat still thrives.

This is the moment a tired cheetah decided to hitch a lift on a jeep taking visitors on a safari around the Serengeti national park. Stunned tourists filmed a close-up view of the predator after it ...

Hello kitty — and please don’t tear me to shreds. In Tanzania’s world-famed Serengeti National Park, a sleek fanged cheetah shockingly jumps up on our safari jeep just a claw’s swipe away from us. The ...

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania — If studying cheetahs sounds like a glamorous job, consider that Anne Hilborn spends a lot of her time looking for poop. On a good day, the Seattle woman will spot ...

The largest camera trap study ever done in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania revealed the daily routines of the park's unique wildlife, often as they got up close and personal with the cameras.

DAR ES SALAAM, April 8 (Xinhua) -- A team of Tanzanian wildlife researchers on Monday raised an alarm over the killings of cheetahs by speeding tourist cars in the Serengeti National Park. The team ...

Cheetahs, the fastest land mammal, are the fashion models of the animal kingdom: slender, long-legged, and so elegant in their spotted coats. This female conveniently posed in all profile angles while ...

In the early 1990s, researchers working in Africa's Serengeti plain made a worrying discovery. They'd been monitoring more than 100 cheetah cubs since birth, and by the end of the study, less than 5 ...

Travelers can get up close and personal with leopards and other big cats at Serengeti National Park. (Well, maybe not too close — bring a zoom lens.)(Shereen Mroueh / G Adventures) Editor’s note: We ...