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Oakland Zoo welcomes 3 new meerkat pups

The Oakland Zoo is welcoming three new pups to its meerkat exhibit, officials announced today. The pups, named Ayo, Rufaro and Nandi, are nearly six weeks old and bring the size of the zoo's existing meerkat mob to eight, according to zoo officials.

contracostatimes.com (3 months and 10 days ago)

Oakland Zoo welcomes 3 new meerkat pups

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Meerkat abandoned at birth finds a new mother... a Chihuahua called Kimi who was having a phantom pregnancy

Wilson the meerkat has been reared by Kimi since staff at Mablethorpe Seal and animal Sanctuary, in Lincolnshire took a gamble by putting them together.

dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 9 days ago)

Royal family's inbreeding reveals marvel of evolution

A new study published this month in Heredity looks at inbreeding in the Habsburg royal family, known for cousins (and uncles/nieces) who did...

usatoday.com (1 month and 27 days ago)

Meerkat babies now on exhibit at Point Defiance Zoo

Five new meerkat babies are now on exhibit at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.Read more : http://blog.thenewstribune.com/street/2013/03/19/meerkat-babies-now-on-exhibit-at-point-defiance-zoo/

thenewstribune.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Inbreeding common in early humans, deformed skull suggests

Inbreeding may have been a common practice among early human ancestors, fossils show.

foxnews.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Brevard Zoo will add a meerkat manor in 2014

To commemorate the zoo's 20th anniversary in March 2014, an exhibit will open featuring the adorable creatures made popular by Animal Planet's 'Meerkat Manor.'

floridatoday.com (3 months and 16 days ago)

Breastfeeding for six months 'cuts the risk of dying from cancer by 10%'

Women who breastfeed for six months reduce risk of dying from cancer by 10 per cent, and cut their chances of death from heart attacks and strokes by 17 per cent.

dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 25 days ago)

Is the crowd-drawing rare white lion of Hertfordshire the result of cruel inbreeding?

The rare white female cub has been criticised by conservationists as the product of inbreeding, although she has been a big hit at Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire.

dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 13 days ago)