I think people naturally root for the underdog, so perhaps that’s why Pobe, a 7-year-old female cheetah quickly became my favourite big cat on Xudum island. Cheetahs are quite literally ...

Hayden Panettiere's Halloween costume really is the cat's whiskers. The 25-year-old pregnant star took to Twitter on Friday to share a rather scantily clad snap of herself dressed up as a cheetah.

The Mara's lush vegetation is useful in other ways, too. At an average of 54kg, the cheetah is the smallest of the big cats (and is classified in a separate genus – Acinonyx compared to Panthera ...

Sure, your cat is special, but it's not as special as a cheetah. You might argue that it's unfair to compare the two, but in ...