It started with a question from a reader: "Do birds mourn?" He described a scene at the family cabin, where a pair of barn swallows had been nesting under the deck. Unfortunately, one of the pair was ...

Grief can be difficult to navigate for even the most emotionally aware people, so it blew me away to see this beautiful cockatoo bird processing her feathered friend's death in the most direct, ...

Humans typically reserve their practices of mourning for loved ones. But extending these rituals of grief and loss to non-human animals (and our shared habitats) can also help us appreciate being part ...

Dear Dr. Fox: I enjoy reading your column in our newspaper, and I would like to share with you a story about the appearance of a sweet little bird during a very emotional time for me. My mother always ...

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