WASHINGTON (AP) — On the dusty savannahs of Namibia, one of the last strongholds of cheetah populations on earth, conflicts between cattle ranchers and big cats threaten the survival of the embattled carnivores. But new research on how cheetahs use the landscape has allowed some ranchers to reduce the number of calves killed annually by 86%, largely by avoiding popular cheetah hangouts. Cheetahs are the fastest land mammal, capable of speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour). But they also hold another distinction: the rarest big cat in Africa, with fewer than 7,000 alive in the wild. By following movements of 106 GPS-collared cheetahs from 2007 to 2018, researchers from
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