When you think “speedy creatures,” most people’s minds immediately picture the swift-footed cheetah. But there are many more ...

When you think of fast animals, the cheetah usually takes the spotlight—but it’s far from the only speedster in the animal ...

Laboratory treadmill studies report these dogs can only sustain their highest pace for about a minute. Using stayer-distance ...

Everybody knows that a cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal. But what if you take the size of the animal into account? If you measure speed by body-length-per-second, a tiny mite about the size ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 3-month-old cheetah cubs at the National Zoo have been named for the fastest Americans in the Olympics. The zoo says the cubs have been named Carmelita and Justin after Carmelita ...

Ballyhoo for the Westminster Kennel Club’s Annual Dog Show is usually composed of statistics, freaks, photographs of puppies. Last week’s ballyhoo contained the customary information that more dogs (2 ...