She’s the authoritarian matriarchal warlord with a fart so powerful it strikes terror in the heart of honey badgers. She rolls with a posse that’s 30-strong, uses ...

A rescued mongoose displays comforting behavior, including gentle suckling sounds that reflect calm and bonding moments in ...

Animals are more eloquent than previously assumed. Even the monosyllabic call of the banded mongoose is structured and thus comparable with the vowel and consonant system of human speech. Behavioral ...

When two opposing mongoose "armies" decide to face off, the ensuing brawl rivals a human battle. Often, blood is shed as the winning pack isolates and converges on the lone male mongoose that dared to ...

Leptospirosis is the world's most common illness transmitted to humans by animals. It's a two-phase disease that begins with flu-like symptoms. If untreated, it can cause meningitis, liver damage, ...

While highly social and cooperative among themselves, dwarf mongooses take a while to warm up to newcomers. Shannon Benson Immigration policy isn’t just contentious among human societies: Different ...

"The motto of all the mongoose family is, 'Run and find out,'" author Rudyard Kipling explains in his 1894 book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. In true mongoose fashion, then, we decided to investigate these ...

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 ...

Dwarf mongoose inhabit the grasslands of southern Africa. They are Africa’s smallest carnivore. The individual pictured above lives in a new exhibit at Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (Island News) -- A live mongoose was captured in Lihue on Friday morning, as the animal is an invasive species on Kauai. The Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC) received reports of a ...