At the start of the spring of 2015, Jeffrey, a three-year-old meerkat, was happily eating, tussling with his brothers, and surveying zoo patrons from his usual perch, his forepaws gathered and his ...

This digging is called foraging. What do meerkats eat? Meerkats are omnivores which means they eat plants and animals. Meerkats mainly eat insects such as beetles, caterpillars, spiders ...

Meerkats may look sweet, but they have very specific needs that most people aren't really equipped to handle. They tend to eat mostly insects, which isn't exactly something that's readily ...

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?

Meerkats have incredibly complex behaviour ... The result was that none of the pups had enough to eat and the other adults help was spread too thinly. This is probably because she was a new ...