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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers studied more than 400 cat owners and their pets' behavior after another animal died in the same household Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

Your cat has lost someone- it doesn’t matter if it’s another cat, a dog or human- and they are somehow different. He is sleeping more, hiding, maybe eating more or less. The question you may be asking ...

These animals, mourn and feel deep grief, just like humans. Surprisingly, humans aren’t the only ones who experience such profound grief. Many animals also show signs of mourning when a member of ...

Pets mourn the loss of other pets, too. Here’s how experts say you can help them. Hands gently petting a beagle’s face. Many movies, cartoons, and television shows often depict pets in a lighthearted ...

If you saw a group of birds gathered around the dead body of one of their own, what would you think they were doing? What if you saw a mother chimpanzee holding its deceased child for days, even weeks ...