What could possibly scare a big, powerful predator with sharp teeth and massive jaws? The answer, surprisingly, is its own reflection. Across the animal kingdom, mirrors often trigger confusion, ...

Several years ago, a TikTok-famous Sheepadoodle named Bunny stared at herself in a mirror and asked, “Who is this?” by tapping her paws on her augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study revealed that beluga whales can recognize themselves in a mirror. Here, a female beluga and her calf swim in the ...

Dogs, “yellow snow,” and mirrors From time to time I think about questions about animals' sense of self, because some people still claim that only certain animals possess this capacity and because of ...

Alex Jordan had just surfaced from a dive off the coast of Corsica when he called me back last summer. “We’ve put mirrors in the wild,” he said. “It’s always a bit of a nightmare.” With the help of ...

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While we are the only species to scrutinize our reflections in a mirror every day, we are not the only ones to recognize ourselves in reflective surfaces. These mixed results have led researchers to ...

Beluga whales have some of the most iconic faces in the sea, with their marshmallow noggins and upturned mouths—and a new paper reveals they’re more self-aware than previously known. A study published ...