When a dog dies, the grief can be overwhelming – yet many owners downplay their pain, worried it won’t be taken seriously.

A UK study found that some pet owners develop prolonged grief disorder after the death of a pet, with symptoms mirroring ...

Humans are not the only creatures that experience grief. Elephants, orcas, primates, dogs, and cats have all shown the ...

Researchers found that 7.5 percent of people who had lost a pet met the threshold for probable PGD. That rate was comparable ...

What makes this even harder is that society often downplays the grief of losing a pet, leaving people feeling alone and ...

The emotional toll of losing a beloved pet during the COVID-19 pandemic has been revealed in an international study, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every now and again a book comes along that not only deals with the behavior of a fascinating group of animals but also raises important questions about science in general and what sorts of ...