Photos are available to download in the Zoo’s newsroom. Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, are about to welcome a litter of chirping ...

· Imagine having a 120-pound cheetah come to school for show-and-tell. It happened Thursday at Wakefield School in The Plains, Virginia. "Exhilaratingly awesome!" is how fifth-grader Tyler Zimmerman ...

First-time mom Erin is doing a great job caring for her cubs Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky, ...

Chirping sounds emitted from the massive crates. Airport employees stared at the blanket-covered masses on the floor of the cargo terminal, wondering what tremendous bird was inside. Except the ...

Watching mom is the best way for cheetah cubs to learn how to hunt. She stalks and takes down a ram almost twice her weight, but ‘down’ doesn’t always mean ‘out’ with such a powerful opponent.