Math isn't just a human thing. All kinds of animals, from African grey parrots to chimpanzees, are thought to have some kind of mathematical ability, but it can be hard to test. Now, a new study finds ...

A new study suggests that estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic. By Manuela Andreoni Counting the number of fish in the ocean may well be one of science’s toughest ...

Little kids are looking at a lot of dots these days. The theory behind this increasingly popular practice is that an effective way to teach counting might be by … not counting. That’s the ...