The structure of family groups gives animals an incentive to help or harm their social group as they age, new research shows.
Strength in numbers and experienced individuals are both vital in mongoose warfare, new research shows.
Under a concrete drainage culvert at the edge of a town in Botswana, a troop of banded mongoose is getting ready to leave its den. Moving from shade into light, the cat-sized animals scan the area for signs of danger and ...
A fair society has evolved in banded mongooses because parents don't know which pups are their own, new research shows.
When families of banded mongooses prepare to fight, they form battle lines.
Inbreeding can reduce cooperation in banded mongooses according to a recent study by researchers.
With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand the drivers that influence the transmission of pathogens in order to better predict and control disease ...
Researchers at the University of Exeter, UK, followed a population of wild banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) in western Uganda for 15 years, using ultrasound imaging to track which females became pregnant and which carried ...
Raising children can be a tough job, especially when doing it alone, but some animals like meerkats and mongooses work together to raise their young. Studies of these cooperative creatures are revealing how this highly social ...
African carnivores face numerous threats from humans. So, it's a fair assumption that the presence of more humans automatically equates to decreases across the board for carnivores.
