The ZSL London Zoo gave their resident meerkats an advent calendar packed with crickets as a holiday gift Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

"Meerkat mobs can be fierce, so to see how this group has successfully come together to raise these new pups has been really exciting," said a zoo spokesperson Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior News ...

The Racine Zoo is making room for four special new residents: meerkat brothers and sisters. Teak, Baobab, Cedar and Acacia are the new meerkats joining the zoo family. The group consists of three ...

Australian Shepherd Mystifies Meerkats at the Zoo and It's Just Too Cute originally appeared on Parade Pets. A visit to the zoo is always interesting. From having the chance to admire majestic beasts ...

From sweet snuggles to sassy vocalization and snatching snacks, it’s been a busy June for the Smithsonian National Zoo’s growing meerkat pups! Jennifer Zoon The 1.5-month-old meerkat trio is the first ...

Three meerkats were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C. earlier this month, an event the zoo hasn’t seen for 16 years. When keepers at the zoo’s Small Mammal House came into work on May 10, ...

Gizmo the meerkat arrived at Zoo Miami in June of 2018. Ron Magill/Zoo Miami A Zoo Miami meerkat named Gizmo died over the weekend after being stuck in a tunnel that collapsed in his habitat, ...

The sudden deaths of all five meerkats at the Philadelphia Zoo this month were apparently caused by an accidental poisoning linked to a dye that is used to mark the animals, zoo officials said, but an ...

December is here! For some, the start of the month means the countdown to Christmas has begun. The ZSL London Zoo treated their meerkat pack to an advent calendar to involve their animal residents in ...