They don't scavenge and need to kill frequently, and prefer hunting in the early morning ... The abundant prey means that male cheetahs rarely range beyond 20sq km, and females 80-100sq km.

The cheetah has escaped from Kuno National Park and is hunting stray dogs on the streets of Sheopur,” Ajay Dubey, a ...

Researchers have been analysing how zebra and antelope escape from lions and cheetahs on the African savannah. They say hunting at lower speed favours prey, as it offers them the best chance of ...

So, cheetahs are known to abandon their hunt even though their body temperatures remain relatively stable when chasing their prey. Cheetahs hunt a wide variety of prey, mainly small to mid-sized ...

In reality, prey chases often occur at much slower ... Our research shows that cheetahs are equally effective hunting in open areas as in more wooded ecosystems and that they move and hunt during ...

The retractability allows leopards to move silently and ambush their prey with precision — a necessity for their stealth-based hunting strategy. Cheetahs and leopards both feature long tails but ...

Spread across 2,500 sq. km landscape straddling Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary’s mix of ...

Hunting, diminishing habitat and non-availability of enough prey - black buck, gazelle and hare - led to the extinction of the cat in India. During the British rule, cheetahs were eliminated ...

The cheetahs hunt between the protected grassland part of the park as well as in the savanna in the community wildlife conservancies. While females lead a nomadic life searching for prey in large ...