Van Oosten et al. (2025) review how signs of depression appear in primates, proposing diagnostic criteria requiring a core symptom (depressed mood or anhedonia). Several signs occur naturally, often after maternal loss or social separation. Link: peerj.com/articles/187...
#animalgrief #depression

Le chagrin des animaux : mythe ou réalité ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE Que ressentent les animaux face à la mort de leurs congénères, et qu’en comprennent-ils ? À travers des exemples passionnants, une exploration d’un champ d’études en plein essor : la thanatologie anim...

In 2024, my colleagues and I organized the @evothan symposium, bringing together experts in comparative thanatology from around the world.
At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...

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Redirecting

Tong et al. show that losing a pair-bonded partner alters CRF receptor levels in the coyote brain, in olfactory, hippocampal, and amygdala regions, highlighting neurobiological effects of grief in long-lived monogamous mammals. Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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Redirecting

Ricci-Bonot et al. report that horses show grief-like behavioral changes after the death of a conspecific: altered interactions, arousal, and vigilance, persisting for month when bonds were strong or death was witnessed. Paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

#comparativethanatology #animalgrief

Macaque mothers’ responses to the deaths of their infants Abstract. Although it is understood that all humans grieve the death of close social partners, little empirical research has addressed animals’ responses t

Johnson et al. show that bereaved rhesus macaque mothers spent less time resting than non-bereaved controls after their infants’ deaths, contrary to predictions of reduced activity or lethargy. Full open-access study here: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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What NOT to do when a pet is grieving #animalgrief #loss #animalcommunicator #pets #grievingpet

Endangered Southern Resident Orca J36 Carries Dead Calf, Extinction Fears Mount Researchers confirmed the sad truth. Experts from the Center for Whale Research, Sea Doc Society, and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance stated the female calf

Endangered Southern Resident Orca J36 Carries Dead Calf, Extinction Fears Mount

#Animalgrief #mourning #Orcacalf #Orcamother #unitedstates

Animal grief may look nothing like human sorrow Macaque mothers rested less after losing infants but showed no long-term signs of animal grief. No changes in feeding or grooming were found.

Animal grief may look nothing like human sorrow: Macaque mothers rested less after losing infants but showed no long-term signs of animal grief. No changes in feeding or grooming were found.

#AnimalGrief #PrimateBehavior #RhesusMacaques #AnimalEmotions #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Learn More About How Elephants, One of the World’s Smartest Animals, Grieve https://mymodernmet #Animals #animalgrief

Recognising depression in non-human primates: a narrative review of reported signs of depression Major depressive disorder (depression) is a highly heterogenous human mental disorder that may have equivalents in non-human animals. Research into non-human depression teaches us about human depressi...

A new review by van Oosten et al. examines how depression in non-human primates mirrors human symptoms and proposes diagnostic criteria to better identify it: peerj.com/articles/187...

#animaldepression #animalgrief

Mother orca Tahlequah once again carrying her dead calf Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world.

I'm overwhelmed with sadness for Tahlequah Orca. That this is happening again, after her 2018 famous grief swim for her dead calf, is too devastating. #animalgrief #orca #Tahlequah 🌿🌊