Elephants have long unsettled and fascinated observers with what looks uncannily like a funeral rite, lingering over ...

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

This terribly sad Instagram post documents a mother elephant’s grief for her stillborn calf. For two days, she carries it around, showing it to the herd and to human visitors to the area. The herd ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

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 ...

We all know that many animals grieve the loss of family and friends. Here's a wonderful acknowledgment of broken-hearted elephants mourning the loss of their human friend, Lawrence Anthony, author of ...