As the leaves begin to fall, many people reach for the rake. But what if the best thing you could do with your leaves is ...

Research at body farms—research facilities dedicated to studying what happens to human bodies after death—supplies law enforcement with valuable information about the process of decomposition in ...

Once a person is dead, their body usually starts to decay immediately, although a good embalming job can delay decay. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The 40,000-pound sperm whale that washed ashore on the northernmost tip of Oregon’s coast Saturday is slated for natural decomposition — not detonation. Federal scientists determined the 40-foot-long ...