Researchers found that octopuses can learn to use mirrors to locate hidden prey, making them the first known invertebrates with this ability.

What could possibly scare a big, powerful predator with sharp teeth and massive jaws? The answer, surprisingly, is its own ...

If you were to make a case for evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth, you would probably use octopuses as an example.

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? In all likelihood, you see a complex shape that you immediately recognize as yourself. Now, a team of researchers has found that mice appear capable of ...

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Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that people still find it difficult to understand how mirrors work. Dr Marco Bertamini, from the University's School of Psychology, conducted a ...

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 ...