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Another litter of meerkat pups has been born at the Chattanooga Zoo, marking the second successful meerkat birth through natural breeding, according to a news release from the Zoo. The mother, ...

JOHANNESBURG — One of the most captivating sights of African wildlife is that of dark-eyed meerkats standing side-by-side on their hind legs, as though posing for a group photograph. They look cuddly ...

Three female meerkats from the Sedgwick County Zoo are now part of a breeding group at the Los Angeles Zoo. Courtesy photo Los Angeles Zoo Three female meerkats from the Sedgwick County Zoo have ...

The darker side of meerkats -- which sees them prevent their daughters from breeding, and kill their grandchildren -- is explained in a new study. Research into the desert creatures -- which live in ...

In meerkat communities, only the dominant female breeds; when others try to breed, the dominant female often kills the pups or forces another mother to abort. But a new study reports that some female ...