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 ...