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 ...

Drawing from data submitted by shelters and rescues to SAC, the 2025 report reveals that while many national metrics held steady with 2024, important species and age-specific patterns continue to ...

The ability of animals to understand numbers might surprise more than one observer. From insects to mammals, this aptitude turns out to be far more widespread than one might imagine. Research shows ...

Most people think that only people can understand numbers, but that's not true. Many animals can naturally figure out how ...

Keepers at West Midlands Safari Park started 2026 by counting more than 1,000 animals across almost 100 species that are in their care. The annual task is for compliance with zoo licencing regulations ...

Although intake numbers are down from their pre-pandemic levels, more cats and dogs remain in shelters than are adopted, adding to the overall population burden in shelters and rescues. But plenty of ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Between January and June of this year, nearly 3 million cats and dogs have entered animal shelters across the U.S. according to Shelter Animals Count. In the face of ...

Humboldt penguins, Asiatic lions, corals, Seychelles millipedes and capybaras were some of the 8,000 animals being counted today (Jan 6) as part of London Zoo’s 2026 Annual Stocktake, kicking off ...