Learn how cleaner wrasse used a mirror and even dropped food to test their reflections, a behavior linked mostly to mammals.

In the current study, the scientists observed new behaviors during a series of mirror test experiments, a widely used method ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A shrimp scrap drifted down the face of a mirror, and a small reef fish tracked it like it was watching a slow-motion ...

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 ...

"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 ...