What makes meerkats such successful team players? On this guided tour, you’ll get to know the meerkats at the Irchel Campus and learn how researchers study their behavior.

The research builds on the Kalahari Meerkat Project in South Africa, one of the world’s best-known long-term behavioral research projects. You’ll hear about exciting findings regarding the social life, communication, and coexistence of these fascinating animals, as well as the research being conducted on this topic at the University of Zurich.