Cheetahs vanished from Saudi Arabia half a century ago. Now long-dead mummified big cats may help herald their return.

Arabian cheetah mummies' DNA reveals that the long-lost population could be closely replaced by a cheetah population in ...

Arabian leopards, the smallest of the leopard subspecies have been heavily impacted by climate change, habitat destruction, poaching and a loss of prey in the last few years. Once spread out widely ...

Historical records show cheetahs were present in the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant until very recently, with the last ...

While the most recent specimen was closest to the Asiatic cheetah, the two older cheetahs were found to be similar to the African cheetah.

The mummified remains of dozens of cheetahs hidden deep in caves in Saudia Arabia shed light on where the animal lived in the ...

Staff at a nature reserve in Saudi Arabia were surveying wetland wildlife and found “unusual” animals later identified as first-time visitors. Photo from Al-Qahtani, Chedad, Alshammari, Altalhi, ...

I became a science writer — well, at least a part-time one — because I lived through SARS. I was a reporter for TIME’s Hong Kong office 10 years ago, mostly covering books, films and whichever exotic ...