Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

The premise of a green burial, say advocates of the practice, is to return us to the Earth, replenish it and help it to outlive us.

The use of donated cadavers, a dead human body used for medical study or purposes, has become the newest inclusion in many ...

Investigators of the Yeadon Police Department and Delaware County had a shock of their lives when they discovered over 100 ...

Your body responds to extreme stress and fear with predictable physiological reactions, and apparently the Museum of Death is fully capable of triggering those responses. For those brave enough to ...

Police say a Pennsylvania man who had about 100 sets of human remains is charged with stealing from a graveyard at the edge ...

Without any legal guardrails, determining the origin of body parts for sale is nearly impossible, said Jeremy Pauley, who is ...

Yes, it’s legal to wear the skulls, eyes, fingers, or toes of people who have died, and worse yet, it’s legal for hospitals ...

A woman who went missing while swimming on Sunday may have encountered a shark off the California coast, authorities said. The unidentified 55-year-old swimmer was reported missing off Lovers Point in ...

Pauley identifies himself as a collector. He said what investigators found inside Gerlach's home is not "normal" for those ...