Is someone alone after they die? Are signs real? Here’s what mediums say.

A few days ago, I received an email from someone named Matilde. She wrote: “My dog Pierre has been ill for some time and I think his days are numbered. His behavior has changed but I really don’t know ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many animals big and small understand the concept of death. Reading time 8 minutes ...

What do animals know about death? It's a question Charles Darwin himself pondered. "Who can say what cows feel, when they surround and stare intently on a dying or dead companion?" the biologist wrote ...

Death is a topic most of us avoid, yet it is the one certainty in life. From Bollywood dramas to spiritual talks, death is often shown as mysterious or frightening. But behind the fear, science, ...

The Virginia opossum, according to John Smith—that explorer of all things Virginia—“hath a head like a Swine, & a taile like a Rat, and is of the Bignes of a Cat.” Had Smith looked closer, he might ...

Hollywood makes death seem dramatic. The hero is dying, yet they miraculously muster up the energy to utter something profound, some last-minute understanding of the world. But in reality, death is ...

Death doulas help people reflect on their lives, accompany them to appointments, and educate them on planning options. They ...

Willen Hospice is marking national Dying Matters Awareness Week (4–10 May) by encouraging the Milton Keynes community to get talking about death and dying, so that fear doesn’t shape end-of-life care ...