Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute A Cheetah Cam image of female cheetah Amabala with her four cubs in ...

Even during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, life goes on — literally. While the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute was closed to the public and not sharing ...

Although the federal government was partially closed last month, a creature in its custody, apparently unaware of any restrictions, produced a litter of four little ones in a breeding milestone.

WASHINGTON — See how they grow. Four cheetah cubs born during the government shutdown were on a live display as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute turned on the 'Cheetah Cub Cam' inside ...