HONG KONG — Can animals count? Numerical acumen has long been seen as a distinctly human ability. However, a game-changing discovery from scientists at the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has seemingly confirmed the existence of hidden number skills among rats. This newly identified sense of numeracy among rodents offers crucial insight ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In an exciting leap forward for science, a revolutionary project is transforming how we see the natural history of vertebrates — animals with backbones like fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. This ambitious initiative, called openVertebrate (oVert), united 18 institutions over six years and digitally captured more than 13,000 specimens in stunning 3D detail. Those otherworldly images are ...