Research on decomposition often focuses on environmental factors like temperature or humidity, but researchers at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville have taken a closer look at contributions ...

The Northern Kentucky University Police Department responded to a call at around 12:30 p.m. that reported the discovery of decomposing human remains in a wooded area near the soccer stadium, a ...

The passerby allegedly found the body inside a tent at 79 Street and East Drive around noon local time on Friday, according to NYPD Sergeant Jessica McRorie Abigail Adams is a Human Interest ...

People have long wondered whether modern-day human corpses take longer to decompose due to the addition of preservatives in the food chain. The claim dates back to at least 1991, when an article was ...

FRESNO, Calif. (TMX) – A decomposing body was discovered in a California neighborhood on Thursday after a resident saw a dog drop a human skull on a sidewalk, officials said. The Fresno Police ...

Jonathan Gerlach was collared leaving a cemetary with a bag of human remains, leading authorities to his basement, where they found more than 100 human skulls, "numerous" long bones, "mummified feet" ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally drive the decomposition of animal flesh. The findings have significant ...

Researchers investigated how the process of human body decomposition affected microbial life of the surrounding soil microbiome. One factor that may play an important role is body mass index (BMI), ...