I knew losing my dog would be hard. I didn't know it would be that hard—or that understanding why would take this long.

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 ...

EVERETT — The death of a pet is hard for people. It can be just as hard when pets lose their people. What’s up with that? Shel Graves is an animal chaplain for all beings. “Absolutely, animals do feel ...

Feelings I hadn't looked at in years came flooding through a loss I thought I understood. Here are 10 emotional truths that ...

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 ...

(WCVB) -- Grieving the loss of a pet? You may be surprised to learn there's a nationwide hotline that could help. It's offered by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. For ...

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 ...

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 2012, Spiro Vganges’ life changed forever. That was when he and his family adopted a shelter dog named Lex. And through the ups and downs in life in the years that followed, Lex remained Vganges’ ...

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 ...