A deadly disease that affects cats big and small found in U.S. A deadly disease that affects cats big and small found in U.S.

This story appears in the December 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... conservation is politics—and politics is killing the big cats. Humans and predators have for millennia ...

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The National Geographic Society’s Big Cats Initiative supports scientists and conservationists working to save big cats in the wild. Learn more at NatGeoBigCats.org.

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... cheetahs are the most vulnerable of the world’s big cats, surprisingly rare and growing steadily rarer.

This story appears in the March 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. (Update: Big cats can protect humans from the rise of future pandemics. See more in National Geographic News.) ...

On the opposite side of the scale, there are several "big cat" species known for ... all but 4.4% of their DNA with domestic ...

The Fast and the Furry—Cheetah Quiz, Part 1 Sure, it's the fastest animal on land. But there's a lot more to the cheetah than just raw speed. See how much you know about this spotted hunter.

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. For those who’ve long wondered if their cats regard them merely as kibble dispensers, a report in the journal ...

National Geographic Photographer and Explorer Filipe ... identify these tracks as coyote tracks, since unlike the big cats that also roam Big Bend, coyotes walk with their claws extended.