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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

So many of our habits, patterns of behavior, and pre-set programming are buried in our subconscious. They operate in a sort of “control room”, directing how we think, feel, and act, often times ...

Humans like to study themselves in a mirror. But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades, ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons ...