Whitman County Coroner Annie Pillers has been working to identify the individual as well as determine the cause and manner of ...

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Pathologists say heat, exposure and trauma play key roles in the rate of decomposition. Police are investigating the ...

A team of scholars identified the oldest intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices.

CUMRU TWP., Pa. – It started Sunday night when a person walking their dog in the Flying Hills community was pulled off the ...

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...

A former world champion left a haunting mark of guilt at his home where he slaughtered his family with his friends still ...

Trenton, NJ – New Jersey has officially legalized human composting, becoming the 14th state in the nation to allow residents ...

A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s earliest intentional cremation of an adult human known till date in Malawi, a ...

Fungi are essential to life on land. They decompose organic matter, cycle nutrients and sustain plant ecosystems. Without ...

The No. 2 story of 2025 centers on the court proceedings for the Penrose funeral home directors. In 2025, a judge accepted ...