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 ...

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" ...

An investigation is underway in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood after police say decomposed human remains were found ...

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 ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A decomposing body was discovered in a shed after a dog dropped a human head on the sidewalk in California — then ...

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), ...