The sad face, or crying face, filter has been taking over TikTok this past week with an ongoing influx of viral videos showing the strange-yet-hilarious effect. Each video takes the same plot: someone ...

Anime can be a spectacularly potent medium when it comes to working the tear ducts. The artists and storytellers in Japan's ...

But can bison really be sad? Do nonhuman animals ever cry from sadness? Tears are useful for our eyes—as they are for many other animals. A lot of mammals, reptiles and birds have tear glands that ...

The world of internet memes is vast and varied, but few have captured the hearts of netizens quite like crying or sad cat memes. These photoshopped images of melancholic felines have become a staple ...

At the show's open, and while mourning the lives lost at Santa Fe High School, Clarkson began to cry as she lamented how dangerous the United States' gun culture has become. "Mamas and daddies should ...

UNSW Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Hi Grace, thank you for a great question. We cry, or make tears, for three reasons. First, we need tears to keep our eye healthy, so ...