In 2021, Bunny, a TikTok-famous Sheepadoodle, stared at herself in a mirror and asked “who is this?” by tapping her paws on her augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device’s buttons. The ...

California two-spot octopuses learned to track prey they could see only as a mirror reflection, then moved toward the actual ...

A mirror can reveal more than just an image. It can highlight nuanced personality traits like vanity or insecurity. Placed in front of an animal of another species, a mirror can serve as a valuable ...

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

Alex Jordan had just surfaced from a dive off the coast of Corsica when he called me back last summer. “We’ve put mirrors in the wild,” he said. “It’s always a bit of a nightmare.” With the help of ...

Animals' funny reactions to seeing reflections Link Copied! French photographer Xavier Hubert-Brierre set up mirrors in Gabon to see if wild animals would recognize their own reflections.