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

A report that a fish can pass the “mirror test” for self-awareness reignites debates about how to define and measure that elusive quality. A little blue-and-black fish swims up to a mirror. It ...

If there was a particularly bad time for Louisiana to stop testing waterways for toxic fish, it would be now. Fishing is booming amid the coronavirus pandemic, with stay-at-home orders and social ...

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 ...

Advocate staff photo by AMY WOLD -- Corey Schwartzenburg, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality environmental scientist, removes the device used to send an electrical shock into the water. The ...