The Black Mamba and the Mongoose engage in a deadly predator-versus-predator battle in the African wild. The Mongoose, though smaller, uses its agility, venom resistance, and fearless nature to ...

A camera-trap study in the mountains of Southern Tanzania has now recorded Africa's least-known and probably rarest carnivore: Jackson's mongoose, known only from a few observations and museum ...

A family of mongooses are forced to stand up and fight off Africa's largest eagle in mid-air as it flies off with one of their friends. Ankia Pusey, a guide in the Mjejane Game Reserve in Kruger ...

(Medical Xpress)—The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose. Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded ...

The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that a camera-trap study in the mountains of Southern Tanzania has now recorded Africa’s least-known and probably rarest ...

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 ...

A video making the rounds this week depicts a marsh mongoose tussling with a group of four African lions and, incredibly, coming out unscathed. Guillaumot said it was the first time he’d seen such a ...

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, ...

The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose. Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose carries ...