Grief is an incredibly painful and complex thing for anyone to experience, even if the death you're grieving isn't a human one. The loss of a dog, cat, bird, or any other pet can be just as painful as ...

What makes this even harder is that society often downplays the grief of losing a pet, leaving people feeling alone and ...

Loss of a pet falls into what researchers call disenfranchised grief in which the pain is often minimized or discounted. Claudia Luna/iStock via Getty Images Plus I saw it firsthand after my cat ...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — The fall dog party on Dog Mountain was in full swing. The guests of honor bounded after tennis balls, splashed around in a baby pool and wolfed down plates of pumpkin puree in the ...

I saw it firsthand after my cat Murphy died earlier this year. She'd been diagnosed with cancer just weeks before. She was a small gray tabby with delicate paws who, even during chemotherapy, climbed ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brian N. Chin, Trinity College (THE CONVERSATION) I saw it firsthand after my cat ...