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 ...

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 ...

Three meerkats were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C. earlier this month, an event the zoo hasn’t seen for 16 years. When keepers at the zoo’s Small Mammal House came into work on May 10, ...

A JUVENILE male meerkat is set to begin his journey back to the wild at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, marking another meaningful “flight to freedom” for the reserve’s wildlife ...

Human microbiome research is a blossoming field of study, shedding light on the millions of microbes living within us — ...

If you ask some people, they’ll tell you humans are wired to be monogamous — it’s in our very blood. But one look at the tabloids or your social media feed tells a different story: cheating and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Living in Namibia may provide this family with some extra opportunities when it comes to local rescue animals. They have a blind ...