Thus, an elephant will never be able to overtake a cheetah because the fuel for acceleration (involving anaerobic respiration) will run out before it has reached its maximum (theoretical ...

We take a look in slow motion to see exactly how they reach those super speeds! Steve races the world's fastest land animal, and loses... obviously! But just what does make a cheetah so fast?

Their latest creepy invention is a robotic "cheetah" that can run, bound, and jump obstacles ... at MIT are still perfecting the robot's motion at high speeds. Cheetahs gallop their prey down ...

The antelope can never out-run the cheetah, but it can survive the chase if it twists and turns sharply at the last minute. That's the finding of a study that tracks the dance of death between the ...

Cheetahs can reach speeds of 120 kph. Chiba Zoological Park began its “cheetah run” on Oct. 13 and plans to hold the attraction once or twice a week. Its cheetah facility, which opened in July ...