Meerkats are cooperative breeders. This is commonly a species where there is only one breeding male and one breeding female in each group. There is also “a pile” of what is usually their ...

Researchers have been studying various groups of meerkats in the wild for almost 25 years in South Africa. For more than three of those years, they followed 14 groups of close competitors and ...

upgraded homes. Zoo Boise's 2024 Giving Zoo Day has a goal to raise $13,500 to contribute to a new meerkat enclosure. Up to $20,000 in donations received will be matched up to by a generous donor.

Meerkats are small mammals who are members of the mongoose family. What do meerkats spend their time doing? Meerkats spend a lot of their day digging for food with their super sharp claws. This ...

Meerkats have left South Lakes Safari Zoo for the final time as they head off to a new home following its recent closure. The little meerkat gang have flown the nest and will be joining Dalton ...

That’s essentially the cooperative breeding system of meerkat groups, in which one dominant male and female monopolize the mating and pup-bearing. What helps that female keep her coveted position?