Visitors at Lincoln Park Zoo can often spot the meerkat on sentinel duty because they’ll be standing on their hind legs atop ...

While the Big Five may steal the spotlight, these lesser-known species in SA offer equally thrilling wildlife experiences.

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Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star, one of our closest stellar neighbours.

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They will live separately from the zoo's existing mob in their habitat at Regenstein African Journey. Lincoln Park Zoo officials said visitors can spot the meerkat standing on its hind legs ...

The researchers are combing through years of data from the MeerKAT telescope to search for radio sources that might have been missed – possibly even hints of extraterrestrial technology.

Described as the zoo's most ambitious project to date, the exhibit will include new habitats for some of the zoo's current African species along with space for new ones.