Getty The Philadelphia Zoo is mourning the loss of five of its beloved residents. A group of meerkats — named Lula, Nkosi, Nya, Kgala, and Ari — died suddenly at the zoo last week from ...

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, which can also be very surprising Maybe some of the appeal, apart from the incredibly cute babies, is the fact that – like us – they are social ...