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

When drunk people look in the mirror, they often see a surprisingly attractive, witty, and basically irresistible version of themselves–a sight that helps them rally for whatever mistake is about to ...

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 ...

Manta rays may be much smarter than their lumbering, undulating appearance suggests. Two of the winged fish were observed waving at themselves in mirrors and behaving in ways that hint at ...

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 ...

Have you ever thought about experimenting with not looking in mirrors? If the idea sounds familiar, it's likely because in 2011, New York blogger Autumn Whitefield-Madrano wrote about her no-mirrors ...