I’ve seen this sequence time and again in any number of wildlife documentaries: There’s a cheetah. It stalks a gazelle, body slung low, shoulder blades pumping like pistons. It launches forward with ...

If the cheetah is the train, what is the gazelle? What is the train chasing? A job? A date? A flight at Sea-Tac? And what does the gazelle stand for in this image? Really, think about it for a minute.

If a cheetah happens to saunter into your car, this video would suggest that the best idea is to stay absolutely still until it gets distracted by a passing gazelle. That's what happened to Peter ...

Cheetah Conservation Station keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are celebrating the birth of a critically endangered Dama gazelle. The male calf was born in an off-exhibit enclosure the evening ...

Cheetah Conservation Station keepers at Smithsonian’s National Zoo are mourning the loss of Zafirah, a female dama gazelle who was humanely euthanized Sept. 12. She was 9 years old. In human care, the ...