In theory, a reaction to an out-of-place mark in a reflection is assumed to be evidence of self-recognition for other animals as well. Chimpanzees, elephants, and dolphins are just some that have ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who cares who you think is the fairest of them all? Me, I do. Over here. Yes, me. On a basic level, mirrors are good for tasks like applying a red lip or getting a piece of ...

Learn how cleaner wrasse used a mirror and even dropped food to test their reflections, a behavior linked mostly to mammals. A small reef fish may be doing something scientists once thought was ...

Cleaner wrasse quickly learn to recognize themselves in mirrors, and take advantage of the information their reflection provides. They also experiment with the mirror in a way we might call playful, ...

Cleaner wrasse have revealed a remarkable new side of fish intelligence. Marked with fake parasites, they used mirrors to inspect and remove the spots—far faster than seen in earlier tests. Even more ...

"Mirror mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all?" Or, in modern language: Where's the closest mirror? I need to see if my hair is OK! You probably care about how you look when you approach ...

The little voice inside my head started to get too loud and critical, so I went mirrorless to see if it made a difference. Me, I do. Over here. Yes, me. On a basic level, mirrors are good for tasks ...

Daniel Povinelli was in high school when he first read about a clever experiment, published in 1970, that showed chimpanzees—but not monkeys--can recognize themselves in mirrors. "I bought into the ...

NEW YORK, March 13, 2023 — When we look in a mirror, we are used to seeing our faces looking back at us. The reflected images are produced by electromagnetic light waves bouncing off of the mirrored ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...