cheetah cubs - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:04:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png cheetah cubs - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Abandoned Baby Cheetah Cub Is Being Raised by Smithsonian Staff for Now https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/09/20/abandoned-baby-cheetah-cub-is-being-raised-by-smithsonian-staff-for-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abandoned-baby-cheetah-cub-is-being-raised-by-smithsonian-staff-for-now Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:43:02 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1549303 A male cheetah cub is being raised by Smithsonian staff after being abandoned by his mother. The cub was born in a litter of three on September 16, but the other two were stillborn. Zookeepers had to step in to ensure his survival. The cub is being cared for at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute […]

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You’re Probably Stressed. Here Are Some Adorable Baby Zoo Animals. https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/01/08/youre-probably-stressed-here-are-some-adorable-baby-zoo-animals-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youre-probably-stressed-here-are-some-adorable-baby-zoo-animals-2 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 20:38:25 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1391385 We’re barely more than a week into the new year and it already feels like 2022 can’t come soon enough. Why not take a little break from doom-scrolling to gaze upon the National Zoo’s adorable baby animals instead? Unclench your jaw, release your shoulders, and let these sweet babies give you a momentary reprieve from […]

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We Must Name the Cheetah Cubs https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/05/22/we-must-name-the-cheetah-cubs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-must-name-the-cheetah-cubs Fri, 22 May 2020 18:47:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1127229 The cheetah cubs born last month at Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, need names. This is where we come in, people of Washington. Don’t even think of proposing something you saw on Tiger King for the three males and one female cub: Smithsonian’s National Zoo has wisely foreclosed the possibility of user-submitted names. […]

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You Can Watch These Fuzzy Newborn Cheetah Cubs on the National Zoo’s Cub Cam All Day Long https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/04/09/you-can-watch-these-fuzzy-newborn-cheetah-cubs-on-the-national-zoos-cub-cam-all-day-long/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-can-watch-these-fuzzy-newborn-cheetah-cubs-on-the-national-zoos-cub-cam-all-day-long Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:09:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1078984 Baby cheetahs live on camera. It’s hard to think of five more soothing words during these trying times (well, maybe other than “toilet paper now restocked everywhere”). But trust us, your quarantine just got a lot better, thanks to the National Zoo’s Cub Cam, which offers a real-time view of the four, fuzzy cubs—born April 8 […]

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