University of Cambridge scientists have discovered that older meerkats teach pups how to obtain food by incrementally introducing dead, injured and then live prey. Although learning per se wouldn't be ...

Meerkats are small, big-eyed, highly social mongooses who live in South Africa in packs ranging from two to more than 30 individuals in which complex social networks and social hierarchies regulate ...

View post: I Stayed at Southern Utah’s Most Anticipated New Volcanic Resort. It’s the Ultimate Secret Backdoor to Zion A meerkat seeks high vantage points, like at the end of Will Burrard-Lucas’ ...

Recognizing other individuals from their voices is second nature to humans. Certain primates also have this ability. Whether other mammals that live in social groups are also able to do so, however, ...

The animal lovers at ZooEarthTV watch as a group of meerkats go completely wild for their favorite World Meerkat Day treat: ...

Meerkats love hard-boiled eggs. This was the chance discovery that allowed Professor Tim Clutton-Brock unprecedented access to a society of wild meerkats, and the key that unlocked a thirty year ...

Raising children can be a tough job, especially when doing it alone, but some animals like meerkats and mongooses work together to raise their young. Studies of these cooperative creatures are ...

Meerkats are highly social animals led by a matriarch. The Kalahari Meerkat Project is the longest running project operating under the Kalahari Research Centre. The research team is focused on ...

The Secret Behind Meerkats' Remarkable Guard Duty: Meerkats are famous for standing upright as if keeping watch over the ...

Researchers unravel the vocal interactions of meerkat groups and show they use two different types of interactions to stay in touch. Meerkats use two different types of vocal interactions to stay in ...