Tag Archive for 'Mongoose'

The serval (Leptailurus serval), a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa. Image credit: Florida Atlantic University.

Camera Traps Reveal Congo Basin’s Hidden Wildlife

Sep 1, 2026 by News Staff

A new camera technique in Congo’s Lomami National Park reveals how monkeys, pangolins and civets divide up life between the ground, the understory and...

Group of dwarf mongooses in which different cooperative acts are exchanged even with a delay in time. Image credit: Shannon Wild.

Mongooses Reward Helpful Groupmates, New Research Finds

Jun 1, 2018 by News Staff

Dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) provide more grooming to those groupmates who contribute more to sentinel behavior — acting as a raised guard...

According to Alvarenga et al, dogs are brainier than cats. Image credit: Rihaij.

Dogs Have More Brain Neurons Than Cats, New Study Says

Dec 1, 2017 by News Staff

According to the first study to count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of a number of carnivores, dogs have about 530 million cortical neurons...