As the sun rises over the Kalahari Desert, meerkat groups emerge from their burrows and gather closely, turning their bodies ...

A team of researchers from the University of Konstanz, the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, and the University of Zurich has investigated how ...

A meerkat pauses to relax, taking a rare quiet moment amidst its busy life.

As the sun rises over the Kalahari Desert, meerkat groups emerge from their burrows and gather closely, turning their bodies toward the warmth of the ...

Pretty much every animal lover has ideas about meerkats after growing up watching The Lion King. It’s pretty likely that we all think of hakuna matata and a warthog when we think of meerkats. But why ...

Three of the newborn meerkat pups. Photo credit to San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Four baby meerkats have joined the San Diego Zoo with the first birth of the tiny members of the mongoose family in ...

The Kalahari Meerkat Project is the longest running project operating under the Kalahari Research Centre. The research team is focused on understanding the evolution of cooperative behavior within the ...

A Chicago zoo has added a second mob of meerkats to its list of residents. This small mammal was made famous in the early 1990s by Timon in “The Lion King.” Like the beloved animated character, ...

The Erie Zoo's last two meerkats, Malika and Nora, were euthanized due to age-related illnesses, including liver cancer. Meerkats in captivity typically live 10 to 14 years, and the zoo provides grief ...