As they erode over time, the chance of unravelling increases, so the length of telomeres can be used to estimate "biological age". While the telomeres of subordinate meerkats remained stable ...

Meerkat babies may be the most adorable creatures in southern Africa, but their colony mates manage to stop spoiling them after only a few months. As the wobbly little critters age, their begging ...

Three years ago, the mobile livestreaming app Meerkat was the app of South By Southwest ... Half of the app’s users are under the age of 24. “Everybody has two or three friends who they ...

Pups (meerkats younger than 90 days of age) are initially incapable of finding their own prey and therefore rely on provisions from other members of the group by responding to their begging calls ...

As they erode over time, the chance of unravelling increases, so the length of telomeres can be used to estimate "biological age." While the telomeres of subordinate meerkats remained stable ...