Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The idea of an animal that ...

We've run the numbers and the verdict is in: Honeybees do have the ability to process numerical information. New research led by Monash University has now addressed recent international debate over ...

Most people think that only people can understand numbers, but that's not true. Many animals can naturally figure out how much something costs, see patterns, and make decisions based on simple math.

Your child will create animals with paper plates while comparing quantities. Get creative with this fun paper plate animal math craft! Your child will create animals with paper plates while comparing ...

Though 2018 has come and gone, it isn't too late to relish some interesting findings about animals and math from last year. Here are some highlights. "Imagine you're in a huge dark house and a ...

For those who struggled with math, this might not be intuitive, but animals in general are quite good at it. Your math teacher would be happy to hear that. Indeed, what we call "numerical competence" ...

Savvy for judging quantities is turning up across the animal kingdom — even among spiders and other invertebrates, Susan Milius reported in “Animal math” (SN: 12/10/16, p. 22). Some astute readers ...

Did you know goldfish can learn to drive cars? Have you heard bumblebees can learn to pull on a string? Would you believe some primates can perform calculations with Arabic numerals? These tasks seem ...