As the sun rises over the Kalahari Desert, meerkat groups emerge from their burrows and gather closely, turning their bodies ...

Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. Climate change. It’s the culprit behind an increase in droughts and floods, wildfires and storms. And a new study shows ...

If you've watched Disney's The Lion King, you must be familiar with the character Timon. Well, Timon is a meerkat. Meerkats, whose scientific name is Suricata suricatta, are small carnivores belonging ...

As the sun rises over the Kalahari Desert, meerkat groups emerge from their burrows and gather closely, turning their bodies toward the warmth of the ...

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 ...

Think meerkats are just cute little desert fluffballs? Think again. These tiny troublemakers are basically the stand-up comedians of the animal kingdom. For sure, they don’t hold anything back. As a ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...