Take Genesis 9:8-17, in which God makes a covenant not only with Noah and his human descendants but with "every living creature," an expression repeated at least seven times in this short passage.

There is hope imbued in his complex narratives, where all living creatures (humans, animals, and plants) can coexist and overcome human-made discord and calamity.

We often say that the light leaves a person’s eyes when they die. But it turns out all living organisms, including humans, emit a literal glow that extinguishes after death, according to a new ...