A finger-length fish has reignited a long-running debate about self-awareness, cognition and how much we’ve underestimated ...

Fish introduced to a mirror began to act strangely, swimming upside-down or spreading their fins. They also tried to scrape a mark from their throats. Reading time 5 minutes New research seems to ...

It might not seem like a big deal, but the ability to recognize that the face in the mirror is your own makes us part of a pretty exclusive club in the animal kingdom. Humans obviously can do it (from ...

The mirror tests whether a non-human animal can identify a mark on their body by looking in a mirror, while touching their body, not the mirror Until now only apes, elephants, dolphins and northern ...

A little fish just passed a classic scientific test of self-awareness by recognizing itself in a mirror, scientists have announced. The cleaner wrasse fish, which measures around 10cm in length, was ...

NEW YORK — Scientists report that a fish can pass a standard test of recognizing itself in a mirror — and they raise a question about what that means. Does this decades-old test, designed to show self ...

A little blue-and-black fish swims up to a mirror. It maneuvers its body vertically to reflect its belly, along with a brown mark that researchers have placed on its throat. The fish then pivots and ...

People are eating more and more fish. To meet rising demand, fish are increasingly being cultivated in fish farms. Aquaculture is the fastest-developing branch of the global food industry, with annual ...

Are you as smart as a mosquitofish? According to a new study, college students showed roughly the same numerical skills as the small fish when presented with a laboratory test. Mosquitofish, ...