For starlings and meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, the fork-tailed drongo, a songbird with glossy black feathers and garnet-red eyes, is like the neighborhood dog: a trustworthy pal that's always ...

The little black birds spend their days listening in on the alarm calls of small birds and mammals—sociable weavers, pied babblers, meerkats, and the like—and will impersonate these manic ...

On the plains of Africa, you’ll find a surprising cooperation between two typically adversarial animals—the drongo bird and the meerkat.

The bird that impersonates a MEERKAT to steal food: Drongo catches a quarter of its meals by imitating other creatures A drongo can warn other creatures when a predator is lurking close by ...

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

Find out some fun facts about meerkats with Steve and Aneeshwar. Learn about how meerkats like to spend their time, where they sleep and what they eat!

Three meerkats were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C. on May 10 for the first time in 16 years.

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (CBS) -- The newest residents of Brookfield Zoo are stealing the show. Three baby meerkats born in October have made their big debut at the Desert's Edge exhibit at the zoo. They ...

During key moments, quadrupeds stand up on their hind legs and use their tails to balance. This stance, called the tripod stance, improves observation, surveillance, foraging, and even fighting. One ...

In the animal kingdom, creatures that rely on four legs to move around (called quadrupeds) exhibit some interesting behavior. During key moments, quadrupeds stand up on their hind legs and use ...