Animals and humans share a surprising connection when it comes to death, displaying complex reactions to loss that challenge our understanding of their cognitive and emotional capacities. In her book ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...

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 ...

In a new book, a philosopher examines whether animals can grasp mortality—from dogs mourning owners to orcas grieving young. What does it mean to understand death? For centuries, philosophers have ...

Explaining death to a child involves teaching four key concepts: death is irreversible, all life functions end, everything alive eventually dies, and there are physical causes of death. Most children ...

Death is a topic most of us avoid, yet it is the one certainty in life. From Bollywood dramas to spiritual talks, death is often shown as mysterious or frightening. But behind the fear, science, ...

Our relationship with death is a complex one. At an intellectual level, we understand our mortality, yet we go to great lengths to banish the notion from our minds. In most circumstances it’s a taboo ...

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 ...

Last week, I ran across a DVD of the animated Disney classic The Lion King. In the movie, there is an explicit death of a protagonist character, Mufasa. This death scene and the recent mass shootings ...

Kids are more capable of discussing death than we realize. If you haven't already, it's time to talk to your kids about death. Source: dipressionist/123RF One of the realities of living through the ...

Throughout history, humans have given a lot of thought to death. We’ve grappled with our mortality, created elaborate burial rituals, and contemplated how best to mourn the loss of a loved one. But ...