When a family pet dies, naturally the humans in the household grieve the death of their beloved companion. However, surviving animals in multi-pet households may also react to the loss in a variety of ...

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 ...

Over the past couple of years I've written about various aspects of the rich and complex emotional lives of animals, including essays on grief and mourning. I began one of those essays by writing, ...

When a beloved companion animal dies, the grief humans feel is undeniable. But the animals left behind may be mourning, too. “Our companion animals are our family members,” says Rachel Bellis, ...

We concluded that he was grieving with our sick cat and as soon as he was gone, he didn’t need to grieve anymore and got ...

Grief is a strange thing. It hits us when we least expect it, and when it does, it manifests in unexpected ways. Grief does not follow a one-size-fits-all pattern. Instead, it can manifest in subtle ...

I’ve been thinking about animals and death because Tahlequah, that mother orca, lost another calf this month. The baby whale was first spotted by whale watchers on Dec. 20, 2024. Then, on Jan. 1, 2025 ...