For decades, scientists used a mirror experiment to explore whether animals could recognize themselves. In that test, ...

Animals are amazing creatures with a wide array of traits, but one seemingly common trait is their inability to understand mirrors. Can animals even perceive themselves in mirrors? Check out this ...

If you're not really into salt-water tanks or don't spend a lot of time in coral reefs, there's still a high probability you may have heard of the bluestreak cleaner wrasse fish. Likely because last ...

You know that moment when you catch yourself in a mirror and do a double-take?! Now, imagine experiencing that for the very first time (if you can). That’s exactly what happens in the viral video seen ...

Self-awareness may be beyond primates in the wild. Chimps, organutans and other species faced with a mirror react to a dot on their face in the lab, a widely used measure of self-awareness. But while ...

We must be very careful when claiming some animals don't have a sense of self. The standard way to study self-recognition in animals, the mirror test, is too narrow an approach.

In a modified version of the mirror self-recognition experiment, eastern garter snakes showed signs that they recognize their own scent. Mark Nenadov via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 DEED For decades, ...