Angel Reese is a bonafide star, on and off of the floor for the WNBA. The Chicago Sky forward was an All-Rookie player in ...

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born in the same litter at a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. They will live ...

A heavily social animal, the meerkat lives in matriarchal family units ranging between 3-50 residents. When the day hits and it’s time to find food, meerkats emerge from their underground ...

Female meerkat with pups 3. The subordinate meerkats stay because it’s their best chance of survival – and of being promoted The helpers or “subordinates” will stay in the group because ...

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?