New research has found that social interactions among meerkats may be crucial to their health and survival—thanks to the ...

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 their ...

New research has found that social interactions among meerkats may be crucial to their health and survival – thanks to the sharing of beneficial gut ...

The Erie Zoo's last two meerkats, Malika and Nora, were euthanized due to age-related illnesses, including liver cancer. Meerkats in captivity typically live 10 to 14 years, and the zoo provides grief ...

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. Four pups ...

Zoo officials suspect that a marking dye caused the deaths, but they said it could take weeks for test results to confirm. By Derrick Bryson Taylor and Rebecca Carballo The sudden deaths of five ...