Two baby meerkats at Belfast Zoo have been named ‘Daffo’ and ‘Dil’, to mark Marie Curie’s annual Great Daffodil Appeal in ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC is celebrating the birth of meerkat pups for the first time in 16 years. The three pups are two weeks old, and are starting to open their eyes and ...

Belfast Zoo’s newest meerkats, Daffo and Dil, have been named in honour of Marie Curie’s iconic daffodil appeal.

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 ...

Visitors to Belfast Zoo have some new arrivals to enjoy with four new meerkats having moved into their habitat on Monday. The zoo said two meerkats arrived at the facility in January and have ...

Leading end of life charity, Marie Curie, has announced that two baby meerkats born at Belfast Zoo have been named ‘Daffo’ ...