In the capital city Nairobi and far beyond the borders of the Nyanza region, thousands took to the streets in disbelief and ...

On February 11, 2023, in the quiet village of Umiru in Siaya County, a chapter in Luo tradition quietly closed. As the late ...

The guy standing next to me sighs and starts to cry. He apologizes. I whisper, “I’d be worried if you weren’t crying.” I’m a California-licensed funeral director. I’ve shed a few tears of my own on ...

The magpies are out and about right now. It’s because the birds, like many other animals that call Colorado home year-round, are preparing for the looming winter. The black-billed magpies in Colorado ...

The modern funeral industry as we know it today is the product of more than a century of social change, shifting cultural attitudes toward death, and advances in technology. What began as intimate ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is mourning the loss of a beloved 22-year-old magpie goose. Allen was humanely euthanized because of his struggles with arthritis in both of his legs ...

Vanesa De Pietri receives funding from the the Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund. Paul Scofield receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand. Trevor H. Worthy received funding from the ...

Every now and again a book comes along that not only deals with the behavior of a fascinating group of animals but also raises important questions about science in general and what sorts of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Rituals are symbolic activities that help us, together with our families and friends, express our ...

St. Peter’s Square erupted in applause for Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Inside the Basilica, he and Donald Trump huddled with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s Keir Starmer. The occasion was ...