This is the adorable moment a real meerkat was spotted sitting in a backpack alongside a teddy bear, leaving passersby questioning reality. Onlookers were left puzzled when they saw the mongoose ...

For the first time in six years, baby meerkats can be seen at the San Diego Zoo — popping out of dirt tunnels, scampering over rocks and under bushes and standing upright on their hind legs ...

The genomes of meerkats could help researchers solve some puzzles in human heart disease.

Meerkats use two different types of vocal interactions to stay in touch with their group mates. Sometimes the call simply broadcasts information, whereas other times meerkats engage in a call ...

MeerKAT, which is among South Africa’s largest scientific infrastructure projects of the 30 year period since democracy, has emerged as a beacon of innovation and opportunity on the African ...

Officials with a petting zoo in England are warning the public about a meerkat on the loose in the area.

In meerkats, females are the fiercely competitive sex. Members of the mongoose family found in the arid savannahs of southern Africa, most meerkat mobs have a dominant female at the head. Now, a new ...

Newborn meerkats are typically hidden from view, only emerging from their burrow when two to three weeks old. In a filmmaking first, a camera-wearing ...

Three meerkat pups were born at the National Zoo on May 10, the Zoo announced today. The 14-day-old pups are just starting to open their eyes and inspect their home in the Small Mammal House. They are ...

The sudden deaths of five meerkats at the Philadelphia Zoo this month have stunned zookeepers and officials, and a dye used to mark the animals might be to blame. The meerkats, two males named Ari ...