A team of Indian scientists found 39 videos showing Asian elephants mourning by roaring, holding vigil, and carrying the dead, per a new study.

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 ...

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 ...

Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a study by Indian scientists that details animal behavior reminiscent of human funeral rites. Raja the elephant has been one of ...

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, ...

I begin with elephants because an essay in the Washington Post by Jason Bittel titled " An elephant’s story does not end when it dies " covers some of the information that's included about these ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Zookeepers and the community mourn the loss of 43-year-old Ruth, the African savanna elephant. The Milwaukee County Zoo said she was euthanized inside the Zoo's Elephant Care ...

A team of animal behaviorists from the University of Vienna, the University of Portsmouth, Elephant CREW, Jafuta Reserve and the University of St Andrews has found that elephants use gestures and ...