Did God Endow All His Creatures with an Appreciation of Beauty?

Science Did God Endow All His Creatures with an Appreciation of Beauty? When it seems the whole world suffers, animals are still offering praise. Elyse Durham

There’s no shortage of ugliness in our world. A quick scan of today’s environmental headlines reveals any number of horrors: burnt-out Californian forests, flooded Midwestern plains. It’s hard to pause to appreciate the wildflowers in bloom when dead whales wash ashore with plastic-engorged stomachs on beaches all over the world. Perhaps it helps to know that when we fail to see the beauty around us, other creatures don’t. Some scientists now believe that animals appreciate ...

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