Africa's smallest carnivore punishes members of the community that fought over food by grooming them less at the end of the day. Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on solar, and navigated ...

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If you’re a wee carnivore living out in the wooded savannas of Africa, it might be a bit difficult to intimidate your rivals. But with a bit of balance and agility, wild dwarf mongooses have found a ...

These social animals keep tabs on aggressive members of the group and groom them less after fights to punish them. A growl from the aggressor, followed by a hip-slam. High-pitched squeals of surrender ...

The quintuplets, dubbed the “Fab Five,” were born at the Chester Zoo in England a few weeks ago, and are just beginning to open their eyes and take their first steps outside of their den. “Dwarf ...

For a dwarf mongoose, a handstand is a crucial skill learned at an early age. “It’s funny to watch the youngsters trying to do it … almost as soon as they can walk,” says Lynda Sharpe, a behavioral ...

Three adorable dwarf mongooses make one of their first excursions out of their den. The Southern dwarf mongooses were born in mid-September at the Tiergarten Schonbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria. In the ...

Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky, Vice, and Best Friends Magazine. England's Chester Zoo has ...

Management of within-group conflict is a key feature of human lives and those of many social animals, with contestants known to adopt various strategies in the immediate aftermath to minimize costs.

Dwarf mongooses remember which groupmates have picked fights with others during the day and later shun the aggressors during pre-bedtime socializing sessions, according to new research. Management of ...

CHICAGO (STMW) -- Two tiny dwarf mongoose pups made their public debut recently at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The dwarf mongooses were born Nov. 19, though their mother kept them behind the scenes in a den ...