I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror. I shower and do my hair and makeup in front of a vanity mirror, then get dressed with the help of my full-length mirror. I have three mirrors in my ...

New research suggests beluga whales can recognize themselves in mirrors, a cognitive ability previously demonstrated in only ...

What do self-directed movements guided by a mirror image really tell us about self-awareness? A new essay clarifies misconceptions and shows we must expand the taxonomy of self.

Mirrors were better in the past. So said my father-in-law, who lived to be 93 years old. In his last years, he grew disenchanted with the reflection staring back at him each morning. Many people think ...

Octopuses are remarkably intelligent creatures, as was demonstrated by Inky the Octopus’s famous escape from the National Aquarium of New Zealand through a drainpipe back to sea in 2016. A new ...

Researchers report that mice display behavior that resembles self-recognition when they see themselves in the mirror. When the researchers marked the foreheads of black-furred mice with a spot of ...

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It was the first time a controlled laser mark test has been done on these animals in a wild setting and strengthens the evidence from other studies that monkeys don’t recognise their own reflection.