Many animals have a sense of quantity, but they don't count or do math the way humans do. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

Some 60,000 years ago, in what is now western France, a Neanderthal picked up a chunk of hyena femur and a stone tool and began to work. When the task was complete, the bone bore nine notches that ...

Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.

Mike Webster works for the University of St Andrews. He receives funding from the University of St Andrews and various research organisations. Many animals live in groups. One of the main benefits of ...

An exciting development in conservation comes in the form of an automated system that captures high-resolution satellite images in order to count animals in complex landscapes. The imagery taken by ...