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 ...

Meerkat is a new app and social media integrated with Twitter. It allows you to live stream video and sound through your smartphone. This essentially turns every smartphone user into a T.V broadcaster ...

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 ...

In March, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin said that the company was throwing in the towel and moving away from livestreaming as it couldn’t compete with Facebook and Twitter – even though it was the first ...

In many cooperative species, the dominant breeders live longest despite the wear-and-tear of leadership and reproduction. It has even been suggested these breeders hold the secret of immunity to ...

CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- British researchers say predator-scanning behavior of meerkats in Africa is altruistic, practiced for the benefit of the group rather than just the individual. In ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Animal Planet’s “Meerkat Manor,” like the foot-long mammals whose behaviors it tracks, is a fascinating story of resourcefulness and survival. In a harsh ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Meerkat clans perform a form of "war dance" to scare off enemies and protect their own territory, according to a study. A ...

Despite rapidly aging, dominant animals live longer because their underlings are driven out of the group -- becoming easy targets for predators. The secret of a long meerkat life is to be 'ruler of ...