The Lion King‘s “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” nearly sounded a whole lot different, according to Nathan Lane. The actor, who voiced the meerkat Timon alongside Ernie Sabella‘s warthog Pumbaa, ...

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You're watching “Planet Earth.” A lion charges across the plains with explosive, predatory power surging through its thick cat thighs. You think to yourself, “Yes, but hear me out — what if there was ...

After nearly three decades away, a sociable little critter is returning to the party at the San Antonio Zoo. The meerkat, which departed just a couple of years after Timon lit up the screen in ...

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If you've watched Disney's The Lion King, you must be familiar with the character Timon. Well, Timon is a meerkat. Meerkats, whose scientific name is Suricata suricatta, are small carnivores belonging ...

Norwalk’s Maritime Aquarium is saying “hakuna matata” and giving its African meerkat exhibit a makeover fit for a (lion) king. The new-and-improved exhibit is on the aquarium’s second floor and is ...

A Chicago zoo has added a second mob of meerkats to its list of residents. This small mammal was made famous in the early 1990s by Timon in “The Lion King.” Like the beloved animated character, ...