New research suggests beluga whales can recognize themselves in mirrors, a cognitive ability previously demonstrated in only ...

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In hours of underwater video footage from a New York aquarium, a beluga whale named Natasha stretches her neck, pirouettes, nods, and shakes her head in front of a two-way mirror. Her daughter Maris ...

Happy, the Asian elephant whose groundbreaking participation in a mirror-recognition study transformed scientific ...

The standard test of self-awareness is being able to recognize ourselves in a mirror. Although chimpanzees pass this test with flying colors, gorillas have inconsistent results. Dogs flunk by treating ...