Researchers report that mice display behavior that resembles self-recognition when they see themselves in the mirror. When the researchers marked the foreheads of black-furred mice with a spot of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. For decades, self-awareness has been guarded as a very ...

Maline rooster in front of a mirror. Credit: Sonja Hillemacher, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) A team of neuroscientists and psychologists ...

For decades, scientists used a mirror experiment to explore whether animals could recognize themselves. In that test, researchers placed a mark on an animal’s body where it could only be seen in a ...

Roosters act differently when faced with another chicken versus just their own reflection. This may mean that the birds can recognise themselves in a mirror, a key test of self-awareness in animals.

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A trio of psychologists at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Canada, has found evidence that at least one type of snake may have self-recognition. In their study, published in Proceedings of the Royal ...