The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium says its meerkat mob is growing. Moms Keeya and Naledi each gave birth to four healthy kits ...

"Well now I'm upset cause I'm never going to get to tickle a meerkat's tummy. Life is so unfair," wrote one commenter. "Why do they sit like this? I went to a zoo recently and they were doing the ...

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 ...

But meerkats were just the beginning ... koalas and feeding kangaroos- it’s a place where conservation comes to life. Through ...

The meerkat family at Oakland Zoo has grown, and visitors recently witnessed the pups venturing outside their tunnels, ...

A Chicago zoo has added a second mob of meerkats to its list of residents. This small mammal was made famous in the early 1990s by Timon in “The Lion King.” Like the beloved animated character ...

who have undertaken long-term studies on wild meerkat populations in South Africa. In filming Life Story we have tried to take the camera into the animals’ world, wherever possible, in order to ...

It seems barely conceivable that we could moan anymore about the weather - but in the world of meerkats, April showers is just another excuse to whip out your multi-coloured umbrella. This ...

There are five new meerkat pups at the Oakland Zoo in California. According to the zoo, mom Sandy gave birth last month but kept them hidden in tunnels. The pups recently emerged to begin exploring.