In an earlier blog post, I staged a debate between an advocate claiming that nonhuman animals have emotions and a skeptic arguing that there are simpler explanations of animal behavior. I did not ...

I've written a number of previous essays about grief in animals (see also and) and now a new book called How Animals Grieve (for more details please see) by Dr. Barbara J. King of the College of ...

Humans aren’t the only species that mourn their dead. Mother chimpanzees have been observed carrying their dead babies for months, continuing to groom them during this time. Giraffes, crows, and ...

Researchers studied more than 400 cat owners and their pets' behavior after another animal died in the same household Getty Cats can grieve the loss of other pets — including dogs — according to a new ...

When a beloved companion animal dies, the grief humans feel is undeniable. But the animals left behind may be mourning, too.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're an animal lover like me, you probably love spotting cows, dogs, and other animals from the car. Even as a child, I got ...

Tahlequah’s calf lived for only an hour. But mother, it seemed, was not ready to let baby go. For 17 days in the summer of 2018, the orca swam with her offspring balanced on her snout, covering more ...

Surprisingly, humans aren’t the only ones who experience such profound grief. Many animals also show signs of mourning when a member of their group passes away. Here’s a look at five animals that ...

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Anyone who has lost a pet, or an animal they cared for, will know that grief can creep up in the most unexpected moments in ...