Anthropologist Amanda Stronza reflects on death, grief, and the profound interconnections between animals and humans.

You can make your life a work of art—which is what it already was—only now, you no longer feel so separate from it.

What we gain from encountering life with the wide-open eyes of a child, or of a dog.

Can we learn to love each other the way our dogs love us, with that simple, tender adoration?

When you give yourself so fully to life—when you pour yourself into everything you do unreservedly—then there’s no room for regret.

The death of a stinging insect prompts thoughts on mass extinction and reverence for all life.