When you think “speedy creatures,” most people’s minds immediately picture the swift-footed cheetah. But there are many more ...

Speed in the animal kingdom comes in many forms, from powerful land sprints to lightning-fast dives beneath the waves.

The world's fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, has been snapped soaring through the skies in the New Forest.

The fastest a human has ever been recorded running was Usain Bolt in the 2009 Olympics. Bolt ran the 100-meter dash in an astonishing 9.58 seconds. This equals 27.78 miles per hour, and the record ...

A video from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) shows the moment wildlife officials released the "fastest animal on the planet" into the wild on Wednesday. CPW staff acquired a peregrine falcon ...

Melbourne Cup thoroughbreds are considered the best of the best in world racing. But are they really top of the tree in the ...

Whether on four paws, with fins, or wings–the animal kingdom moves at a rapid pace. Some animals seem to simply ignore the ...

So, imagine the surprise of the researchers who recently discovered that Dracula ants might be the fastest animals on earth. null The Dracula ant is not much of a traveler. Located mostly in the ...

On Saturday we showcased the extraordinary speed of North American pronghorn, with footage that showed the animals easily outrunning wolves in Yellowstone National Park. The footage was captured in ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt on Monday adopted a cheetah cub in Kenya's Nairobi National Park. The head of the Kenya Wildlife Service, Julius Kipng'etich, described ...