A cheetah moves carefully through dense vegetation in the African wilderness, its spotted coat blending naturally with the warm colors of the surrounding landscape. Partially hidden behind a tree and ...

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 ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has overturned decades of assumptions about ...

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

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 new study released Friday, scientists say DNA extracted from the bones of a prehistoric "American cheetah" found in ...

When the now-extinct American cheetah was enduring the last ice age, a glaciated barrier broke up its territory into two ...

Ancient DNA shows the extinct “American cheetah,” Miracinonyx trumani, was actually the sister species of modern pumas, with the two lineages splitting about 2. 6 million years ago.

New paleogenomics research reveals how the so-called American 'cheetah' adapted to harsh Arctic conditions by preying on fish ...

An analysis of ancient DNA reveals new details about the range, diet, and evolutionary history of this extinct predator.

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