A new meerkat recently joined Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.Acacia, a 5-year-old female meerkat, came to Omaha from Reid Park Zoo in Arizona, officials said.According to the zoo, Acacia was recommended to ...

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The female black widow is infamous for her venom and sometimes for eating her mate after mating. Her bite contains a powerful neurotoxin, which can be very painful to humans, though not usually fatal.

Eight baby meerkats joined the family at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium this spring, bringing the total number of meerkats at the zoo to 15. Meerkat mothers Keeya and Naledi each gave birth to four ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. 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 ...

The Kalahari Meerkat Project is the longest running project operating under the Kalahari Research Centre. The research team is focused on understanding the evolution of cooperative behavior within the ...

RACINE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Racine Zoo has four new residents joining their family! Teak, Baobab, Cedar and Acacia are the zoo's newest Meerkats consisting of three brothers and their sister. They ...

Moss, A. M., Clutton-Brock, T. H., and Monfort, Steven L. 2001. "Longitudinal steroid excretion in free-living male and female meerkats (Suricata suricatta)." General ...