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 ...

You've heard about "being scared of your own shadow," but what about your own reflection? A kitten got the shock of its life after discovering mirrors for the first time, challenging his furry ...

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 ...

A cat recognizing a fellow feline's reflection has been dubbed as one step away from "self recognition" by impressed TikTokers. A video of a ginger cat confusedly grappling with a mirror was shared to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Self-awareness unfolds in three movements. First, we observe. Then, we reflect. Finally, we act. Observation is the spotlight: the capacity to notice what is happening in the moment. Reflection is the ...

A species of penguin may have just seen itself into an exclusive club of creatures that recognize themselves in the mirror. An Indian research team put a dozen Adélie penguins in East Antarctica ...