Mongoose pups use their littermates to gain more food from their carers. Researchers at the University of Cambridge found that a unique system of pup care reduces competition for adult help ...

Mongoose pups seem to know the value of teamwork when it comes to nagging their parents for a treat. A study of the animals in Uganda suggests they use “cooperative begging” to get more food ...

The vast majority of expectant mongoose moms within a group give birth on the same night. The synchronous arrival of the tiny pups makes it impossible to know whose offspring belongs to which ...

Ms Graham said mongoose were "very canny" and Gef would "eat insects, small rodents, molluscs, there's plenty of food out there for him". She said on Gef's safe return to the park they would look to ...