In the Kalahari Desert the team put cameras on wild meerkats for the first time, allowing scientists to finally understand what these miniature mammals are up to underground.

"By studying wild meerkats, we can explore how real-world conditions -- factors like social status, hormones, and environmental stressors -- interact to influence immune function." Smyth-Kabay said.

Meerkat chit-chat Date: May 20, 2024 Source: University of Konstanz Summary: Researchers unravel the vocal interactions of meerkat groups and show they use two different types of interactions to ...

As of August 2023, there were 333 meerkats being cared for at 67 zoos in the U.S., according to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Meerkats are not considered threatened or endangered in the wild.

Both Malika, 13, and Nora, 14, the last two meerkats located at the Erie Zoo at 423 W. 38th St., were euthanized on March 26. Erie Zoo CEO Roo Kojancie said liver cancer is common in aging meerkats.

“By studying wild meerkats, we can explore how real-world conditions -- factors like social status, hormones, and environmental stressors -- interact to influence immune function.” ...

In the wild, meerkats primarily eat insects, such as grubs and termites. Here, we feed them a carnivore meat mix, kibbles, apples root vegetables, mealworms, crickets and earthworms.

The study into 129 wild meerkats (69 males and 60 females) over a three-year period at Kuruman River Reserve in South Africa's Northern Cape Province monitored behavior and agonistic interactions ...

Meerkats, Suricata suricatta, are an excellent species to compare the social networks of wild and captive groups. We replicated the methods of Madden et al. (2009, 2011), who studied eight groups ...

Wild Wednesdays with Silly Safaris: Unveiling nature’s wonders with Amazon John and Meerkat Mel (WISH Photo) by: Divine Triplett Posted: Aug 9, 2023 / 12:52 PM EST / Updated: Aug 9, 2023 / 12:52 ...