We rarely get a chance to appreciate just how fast a cheetah can run and how they achieve such high speeds. The footage below gives us a rare, up-close view of a cheetah running at maximum speed.

The cheetah's muscles are specialised for rapid acceleration. Fast-twitch muscle fibres dominate ... before launching into a full sprint. Running at such extreme speeds requires substantial ...

The cheetah was the inspiration for the "cheetah robot," created by researchers at MIT and funded by the US military. Crafting the robot took five years of designing, testing, and tweaking.

This time, though, the scientists at MIT used simulations to teach the Mini Cheetah to run fast and adapt to walking on different terrain. The researchers showcased the results in a video last ...

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill shows off Cheetah speed on 64-yard run after screen pass from quarterback Tua Tagovailoa as Hill reverses field and sprints through the New York Giants' ...