Have you ever wondered whether your dog or cat experiences feelings of joy and sadness? How about whether or not wild animals love and grieve? Barbara J. King, an emerita professor of anthropology at ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is no doubt that many animals experience rich and deep emotions. It's not a matter of if emotions have evolved in animals but why they have evolved as they have. We must never forget that our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The grief people feel when pets die can be intense, despite how seriously others take it, says one expert. (Design by Quinn ...

When an elephant calf falls or dies, the matriarch (the female head of the group) and the entire herd form a protective circle around it, gently touching it with their trunk. Or it was noticed in many ...

Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It’s a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants, for ...

A collaboration of researchers from Colorado State University and Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance surveyed zoo employees and volunteers across the US about their experiences of burnout and grief ...

The grief people feel when pets die can be intense, despite how seriously others take it, says one expert. (Design by Quinn Lemmers / Photo: Getty Images) Diana Raab lost her dog, Spunky, last year ...