Hello kitty — and please don’t tear me to shreds. In Tanzania’s world-famed Serengeti National Park, a sleek fanged cheetah shockingly jumps up on our safari jeep just a claw’s swipe away from us. Let ...

"It was just so amazing to see how beautiful this cheetah was," Jennifer Shimek said of the encounter. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

File this information away in your brain under the heading: What to do if a wild cheetah climbs in your car. The answer: Stay perfectly still, show respect by not looking directly at the cheetah, and ...

Four Seasons Safari Lodge in the Serengeti has announced it is supporting the Cheetah Watch Campaign run by the Serengeti Cheetah Project and the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute. The campaign ...

The largest camera trap study ever done in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania revealed the daily routines of the park's unique wildlife, often as they got up close and personal with the cameras.

A few tourists got alarmingly close to a cheetah during a recent safari through the Serengeti in Tanzania. Photographer Peter Heistein was leading a group for Grand Ruaha Safaris when a cheetah jumped ...

I’ve seen this sequence time and again in any number of wildlife documentaries: There’s a cheetah. It stalks a gazelle, body slung low, shoulder blades pumping like pistons. It launches forward with ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Anticipation ripples through the crowd. Fingers tighten around binoculars. Camera lenses snap into focus. No fewer than ...

Travelers can get up close and personal with leopards and other big cats at Serengeti National Park. (Well, maybe not too close — bring a zoom lens.)(Shereen Mroueh / G Adventures) Editor’s note: We ...