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

What are nonhumans reflecting about when they see their own reflections? What do they know about themselves? "...in light of Darwin’s principle of evolutionary continuity, we urge abandonment of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Want to fall down the Internet rabbit hole? Look up videos of the “animal mirror test.” Each has the same premise: Animals — domesticated, wild, doesn’t matter — encounter their own reflections, ...

Sometimes the biggest surprise is the one staring back. In the United States, a cat pads up to a mirror and locks eyes with its own image. It pauses, studying the face on the other side, as if trying ...

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 ...

Sometimes, it's good to hold a mirror up to yourself. But that's probably not the best advice for Simba, the feline star of an Instagram video that has recently gone viral. Simba was just born in ...

A dog by the name of Harley has shown herself to be one smart puppy after seemingly deducing that she is looking at her own reflection in the mirror. In a video posted to TikTok under the handle ...