For decades, the extinct Ice Age predator known as the American cheetah was assumed to be a close relative of the cheetahs ...

An extinct North American cat commonly called the American cheetah was not a true cheetah at all. New genetic evidence shows ...

The extinct “American cheetah” was not really a cheetah at all, but a puma relative with an unexpectedly flexible lifestyle.

Ancient DNA reveals that the American cheetah was actually closer to pumas, ranged into Arctic Yukon, and may have regularly ...

With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to be a North American analog of the African big cat. But in a new study ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, ancient DNA analysis has clarified that Miracinonyx trumani is more closely related to pumas ...

Learn how ancient DNA and chemical clues revealed that the American cheetah was a puma relative that ate fish in the Arctic.

The Ice Age cat looked like a cheetah but DNA, Arctic fossils and isotopes reveal an adaptable puma relative with an unusual diet.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recently published research finds that cheetahs aren’t above scavenging other predators’ kills, contrary to the conventional wisdom that they only ...