Researchers thought that just one subspecies of cheetah lived in Saudi Arabia long ago. But an unexpected discovery seems to ...

The discovery of seven naturally-mummified cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in caves in northern Saudi Arabia reveals that at ...

Seven naturally preserved mummified cheetahs have been discovered in a cave in Saudi Arabia. The contents of these caves, which also include the remains of 54 more cheetahs as well as prey animals, ...

A team of researchers from the National Center for Wildlife in Saudi Arabia were exploring the caves near the city of Arar ...

Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ideas for bringing it back.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the mummified cheetahs preserved in a laboratory. The oldest of the cat skeletal remains date back about 4,000 years ago.

Eleven cheetah cubs were rescued from illegal trade in Somaliland in what a conservationist described on Thursday as "one of the largest confiscations of the species." The cubs were packed in bags ...