As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

AKA: Meerkat is Dutch for ‘lake cat,’ but meerkats are not felines. They are members of the mongoose family. Type: Mammal. Home: African deserts. Diet: Omnivore. Favorite foods include insects, small ...

One of the most popular documentary series in Animal Planet’s history is getting a feature film adaptation. The title in question is Meerkat Manor, which followed a family of meerkats in South ...

There was grief and sadness among fans of Animal Planet’s “Meerkat Manor” last fall when the show’s furry star, Whiskers clan matriarch Flower, died after she was bitten by a cobra. But even before ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Four meerkat pups have emerged from their den and are now available for viewing by visitors to the San Diego Zoo. Zoo staffers were aware that the mother, Debbie, was pregnant, and ...

"Meerkat mobs can be fierce, so to see how this group has successfully come together to raise these new pups has been really exciting," said a zoo spokesperson Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on ...

This very special animal lover has made it his life's work to care for orphaned wild critters and give them a second chance ...

Meerkat Manor, the breakout hit show on the Animal Planet channel, follows a group of meerkats in South Africa's Kalihari Desert. In the wild, meerkats exhibit extremes of cooperation or conflict.

The Philadelphia Zoo's five meerkats all died this month, prompting an investigation into what caused the sudden deaths. And zoo officials suspect an animal dye keepers have used for years might be ...

The ZSL London Zoo gave their resident meerkats an advent calendar packed with crickets as a holiday gift Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...