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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 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 carvings. Meerkats at the Memphis Zoo get up close ...

Animals in children's stories are often depicted as living in neat mum, dad and children family units. Examples include Fantastic Mr Fox, 101 ...