In the animal kingdom, creatures that rely on four legs to move around (called quadrupeds) exhibit some interesting behavior.

Meerkats are cooperative breeders ... go and collect food and they will give away somewhere around 30 to 40% of all the food they find to the pups, while the pups are foraging with them.

If the lookout meerkat spots any danger, they shout about it and all the meerkats scurry for safety, heading for the nearest burrow. Where do meerkats sleep? Meerkats literally make their bed!

To announce their sentry duty, meerkats sound out with a specialized call. Known as the “watchman’s song,” this low and constant peeping noise lets all meerkats in the area know that the ...

Researchers have been studying various groups of meerkats in the wild for almost 25 years in South Africa. For more than three of those years, they followed 14 groups of close competitors and ...

A round-up of pictures from around the county this week. Asiatic lions and meerkats at the zoo in central London receive a taste of Halloween with their own pumpkins. The four meerkat pups have ...

One of Tasmania Zoo's biggest litters in recent times has joined the family in the form of six meerkat pups. Passionate about ...