Durant and her colleagues urged the IUCN to "up-list" the cheetah from "vulnerable" to "endangered" on its Red List of Threatened Species. The move would put the cats just two steps away from ...

"Across their range, cheetah populations are threatened by human-wildlife conflict, habitat loss and loss of prey base, population fragmentation and lack of genetic diversity," says Marker.

We all know about the cheetah's electrifying speed. Large nostrils and an enlarged heart and lungs help the world's fastest land animal to reach speeds of 114kph (71mph). A long tail helps it to ...

The zoo used to be home to another of the world’s fastest land animals, Cleo, who sadly passed away last year.