They’re also unsure how common DCM might be in nature, where many meerkats live in more diverse populations, eat more varied diets, and more often die from infectious disease, or predation ...

Visitors at Lincoln Park Zoo can often spot the meerkat on sentinel duty because they’ll be standing on their hind legs atop ...

Do meerkats live in groups? Meerkats are very social animals and live in large groups of up to 50 meerkats. They even take it in turns to babysit the pups and keep look out for danger.

Meerkat, the live-streaming video app that has been going head-to-head with Twitter's Periscope, announced its biggest update ever on Wednesday. The update introduces some new features that are ...

Around the camp there are tracks and trees, but out where the meerkats live there is just grass and salt and the great nothing! If it wasn’t for the amazing guides we wouldn’t be able to find ...

"Annnnnnnndddd now I want a meerkat," a third person added. "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LIVE MY DREAM," one commenter exclaimed. We've been fans of meerkats ever since we first saw them in Meerkat Manor.

That’s essentially the cooperative breeding system of meerkat groups, in which one dominant male and female monopolize the mating and pup-bearing. What helps that female keep her coveted position?