Picture the immense American Great Plains. Instead of long stretches of open highway and monocrop grains, it’s brimming with mile upon mile of animal ...

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A cheetah named Amabala welcomed a litter of four cheetah cubs at the Smithsonian's National Zoo on Oct. 17 and 18. The cubs' ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced four cheetah cubs were born last month to first-time mother Amabala.

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Four cheetah cubs born during the government shutdown were on a live display as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology ...

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