In the process, many meerkats stand on their hind legs to adopt an aggressive posture. When that fails to intimidate, they will arch their back and thrust their rear legs in the air akin to a ...

At least one meerkat will find a high point, perch on its back legs and be on lookout for any predators - this is known as a sentry, some will be forging for food and others will be on babysitting ...

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?

Prof Tim Clutton-Brock at the University of Cambridge and his team spent years observing Meerkat groups in the northern Cape of South Africa, starting all the way back in the 1990s, and almost ...