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Cheetah

A black and white photo of a cheetah with mountainous terrain behind

They wanted to save endangered cheetahs in Iran. Their work landed them in jail.

A group of Iranian environmentalists started an NGO to research and save critically endangered Asiatic cheetahs. But the Iranian government has accused them of spying for the US and Israel.

MIT robo-cheetah

MIT researchers create a robo-cheetah that runs and jumps off-leash

Global Scan

Cheetahs in race of their lives — to save their species

Environment

When science and sports collide

Environment

Acceleration and Agility, Not Speed, Secret to Cheetah Success

Environment
The World

Geo answer

Environment

For today’s Geo Quiz, we were searching for the location of the southern Africa headquarters of the Cheetah Conservation Fund. The answer is Otjiwarongo, Namibia. Chris Bartos of the Philadelphia Zoo just traveled there with her border collie Finn to help conservationists track endangered cheetahs.

The World

Chester goes creepy

Business, Economics and Jobs

Faith talks to Slate advertising columnist Seth Stevenson about the new Cheetos ad campaign featuring a new, extra-creepy Chester the Cheetah.