I’ve been thinking about animals and death because Tahlequah, that mother orca, lost another calf this month. The baby whale was first spotted by whale watchers on Dec. 20, 2024. Then, on Jan. 1, 2025 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thinking about death doesn’t make you morbid—it makes you aware. But when that awareness tips into obsession, anxiety, or dread, ...

Recent investigations into children’s understanding of death reveal an intricate interplay between cognitive development, emotional exposure, cultural context and media representations. Children's ...

The concept of death occupies a complicated place in American minds, especially when compared with other societies. In Ghana, the dead are honored with elaborately carved coffins representing the ...