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 ...

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Africa's smallest carnivore punishes members of the community that fought over food by grooming them less at the end of the day. If dwarf mongooses spoke English, they might have their own version of ...

Despite their small size, common dwarf mongooses have big plans: they may plan ahead when other rival groups could be close. New research indicates that these highly social mammals start changing ...

A growl from the aggressor, followed by a hip-slam. High-pitched squeals of surrender as the loser retreats. This is what a disagreement between two dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) looks and sounds ...

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 ...

Dwarf mongooses remember previous cooperative acts by their groupmates and reward them later, according to new work by University of Bristol researchers, published today in the journal Proceedings of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of dwarf mongooses under threat from a rival group. While warfare seems like a deeply human conflict, a tiny carnivore ...