The Virginia Zoo announced the death of two senior slender-tailed meerkats, who were humanely euthanized Wednesday due to age ...

When was the last time you saw a meerkat...getting his belly scratched? Well today's the day! Video of animal lover Ruben Lambrechts giving a meerkat some belly runs has people swooning on the ...

The meerkat exhibit will sadly remain empty, as the deceased animals were the zoo's only meerkats. A sign was posted at the exhibit informing visitors of the situation, and according to Shearer ...

Visitors at Lincoln Park Zoo can often spot the meerkat on sentinel duty because they’ll be standing on their hind legs atop ...

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?

This digging is called foraging. What do meerkats eat? Meerkats are omnivores which means they eat plants and animals. Meerkats mainly eat insects such as beetles, caterpillars, spiders ...

Contrary to their cute looks, meerkats and some other small animals murder each other more often than supposedly aggressive animals like wolves, brown bears, and humans. In other words ...

Meerkats' gestation period is just 11 weeks ... The plan helps manage specific animal populations to ensure genetic diversity and secure the species' long-term future.

Only by spending years studying animals like meerkats can you understand their incredibly complex behaviours. In fact, the more one studies them, the more complex their behaviour appears.