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 ...

Using the MeerKAT telescope, an international team of astronomers have detected 30 new radio transient pulsars as part of the Meer(more) TRAnsients and Pulsars (MeerTRAP) project. The discovery was ...

New research has found that social interactions among meerkats may be crucial to their health and survival—thanks to the sharing of beneficial gut bacteria. Microbiomes provide many health-related ...

Memphis Zoo meerkats play with pumpkin carvings Meerkats at the Memphis Zoo get up close with Jack-O'-Lanterns this Halloween season. The furry animals are seen playing around a variety of pumpkin ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers using the powerfulMeerKAT telescope have detected 30 new radio transient pulsars as part of the MeerTRAP project. These pulsars, which emit short-duration ...

It's hardly algebra or physics, but meerkats have been observed actively teaching their young, something not often seen in wild animals. While the young of many species learn by observing older ...

Recent photos reveal that 3I/ATLAS did not disintegrate during its recent fly-by of the sun, leading Harvard scientist Loeb ...

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Amy Dowden has disclosed when she plans to make her comeback to Strictly Come Dancing after revealing her upcoming surgery. The television personality, 35, who has been a professional dancer on the ...