The idea of an animal that can count or do math might sound like something out of a viral news story or TikTok video. But a sense of quantity, sometimes called "numerosity," appears across a ...

An understanding of numbers is often viewed as a distinctly human faculty—a hallmark of our intelligence that, along with language, sets us apart from all other animals. Practically every animal that ...

A new study shows that thanks to cheaper DNA testing, we've reclassified more mammal species and have more biodiversity.

Isaac Newton would never have discovered the laws of motion had he studied only cats. Suppose you hold a cat, stomach up, and drop it from a second-story window. If a cat is simply a mechanical system ...

Animal experts can now identify, count, and describe species in the wild using cutting-edge artificial intelligence. The technology, which is co-developed through data crowdsourcing, conserves ...

Assessing species abundance is absolutely vital to the field of conservation. In order for conservationists to work effectively, they must know whether or not a species is actually in danger.