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 ...

Shelter Animals Count, the most trusted and current source for animal sheltering data, encourages pet owners to take precautions to keep their pets home and safe, in recognition of National Lost Pet ...

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 data report from Shelter Animals Count spotlights a 24% decrease in cats and dogs entering animal shelters and rescue groups nationwide. MONTCLAIR, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report from ...

HONG KONG (16 April 2024)—A groundbreaking discovery that appears to confirm the existence of discrete number sense in rats has been announced by a joint research team from City University of Hong ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinship, a company dedicated to reimagining pet parenting through innovative products and services, today announced a unique technology partnership with Shelter Animals ...

Nearly a million more pets are crowding the nation’s animal shelters and facilities compared to three years ago, with more dogs than cats euthanized last year for the first time since one major animal ...

Spare the chimps, boil the shrimps, shock the mice, kill the lice, eat the hogs, pith the frogs, blind the rabbits, what drives these habits? One hundred and fifty years ago Charles Darwin published ...

Among the many strays taken in this year by the Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter in suburban Cleveland was a vibrant 8-year-old black Labrador, weighing in at close to 90 pounds. He was the kind of dog ...

But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Honeybees count landmarks when navigating toward sources of nectar. Lionesses tally the number of roars they hear from an intruding pride before deciding ...