A 2-week-old male cheetah cub from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, was transferred to a new cheetah foster mother at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon, Sunday, Oct. 3. SCBI staff were hand-raising the cub, born Sept. 16, who had been abandoned by his mother. It is important for cheetah cubs to learn species-appropriate behaviors and skills from their mothers and siblings. The SCBI cub was successfully introduced to Wildlife Safari’s ch

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If you tune into the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's Cheetah Cub Cam, you might see one or two cubs playing in the den. The cubs are starting to play independently. When cheetah biologist, Adrienne Crosier, tuned into the cam in mid-January, she witnessed this female cub rolling around and having a ball in the den all on her own. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam | ZooBorns

Cubs Can Be Viewed on the Live Cheetah Webcam Oct. 12, 2021 Video Courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of five cheetah cubs today. Five-year-old female Rosalie birthed the cubs at 5:20 a.m., 8:24 a.m., 9:42 a.m., 10:33 a.m and 11:17 a.m. ET. The family can be viewed via the Cheetah Cub Cam https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/cheetah-cub-cam. Ten-yea

For #cheetah cubs, playing with their siblings and their mother is an important part of life. While the phenomenon is challenging for animal behavior scientists to study, most researchers agree play has an important developmental role for predators, like #cheetahs. By engaging in play with their siblings and their mother, cheetah cubs are strengthening social bonds and cognitive ability, while also developing the skills they will need in the future, as wild predators. Cheetah have been observed