Across the animal world, responses to death take forms that are difficult to ignore. A creature might linger beside a fallen companion, carry a body long after it can no longer move, or return ...

The 44-second video shared by Indian Forest Services (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan shows a mother elephant unable to ...

The clip, filmed in an Indian forest, captures a mother elephant grappling with the death of her calf, an image so raw that it has left viewers across the internet shaken. A video of a grieving mother ...

A video is currently going viral, but not for the usual reasons. It is not funny, dramatic, or shocking in a typical way.

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, ...