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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meerkats are known for their close-knit family groups, but one of their most fascinating traits is how adults actively teach ...