The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world.  Embalming, or ...

Although the Wichmann family is no longer part of the business, the Wichmann name is still known in the Fox Valley.

THE University of the West Indies (The UWI) currently has 62 applications from individuals who’ve formally indicated their desire to donate their bodies to science upon death. Jamaicans are warming to ...

The Texas Funeral Service Commission imploded this summer. This is what happened behind the scenes at the agency meant to regulate death care.

An Embalmer and Postmortem Reconstruction Specialist has opened up about his mindset towards the 'fear of death' and what he wants for his body.

Autopsies often do far more than confirm how someone died; they expose hidden injuries, buried secrets, and details no one expected to find. In some cases, what’s discovered in the morgue reshapes ...

A new natural burial ground in Silver Spring is expanding access to more sustainable practices in Maryland’s funeral industry.

I’m a midwife to the dying,” Khasla said. “You don’t know when someone’s baby is going to be born; you can’t predict when someone will labor out of life either.”  Khalsa is the only practicing death ...

Here's how the S'pore embassy, police officers and her friends helped her through the grief, complex paperwork and repatriation of her mum's body back to Singapore.

UMe has announced the release of a new limited-edition box set by one of the biggest and most beloved acts in popular music ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies ...