We all love cuddling up with our pets, but rarely do we consider cuddling up with wild animals that aren't normally friendly towards humans. But for Ruben Lambrechts, who lives in Namibia and cares ...

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 ...

Meerkats may look cute, but the dominant females are notoriously deadly and will kill female relatives and eat their offspring to suppress reproduction and eliminate future competition. Now, ...

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 ...

In meerkat society a dominant female is in charge, growling, biting, pushing and shoving to keep others in line. The matriarch's bullying behavior is fueled by high levels of testosterone that can ...

Think meerkats are just cute little desert fluffballs? Think again. These tiny troublemakers are basically the stand-up comedians of the animal kingdom. For sure, they don’t hold anything back. As a ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., welcomed three meerkat pups to mother Sadie and father Frankie in the Small Mammal House. Photos and video are ...

For the first time in six years, baby meerkats can be seen at the San Diego Zoo — popping out of dirt tunnels, scampering over rocks and under bushes and standing upright on their hind legs. Four pups ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian National Zoo is celebrating the birth of three new meerkats. For the first time in 16 years, meerkat pups were born at the Small Mammal House on May 10. When keepers ...

Meet a tight-knit meerkat family exploring the wild, full of teamwork and curiosity.

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 ...