A British family allegedly tried to fly a deceased grandmother from Malaga to London, sparking delays, backlash, and debate ...

The mummified body of a Nile predator lay silent for roughly 3,000 years, but a modern CT scanner has now replayed its final, ...

The EPA has proposed a draft regulation that would double the allowable exposure level of formaldehyde, a carcinogen that disproportionately affects Black people, and is seen as a shift towards a more ...

A red herring is a decoy that distracts you from what’s important. It’s also a herring that is red. A literal red herring is ...

‘Once the heart stops beating the energy of the body stops,’ she tells Metro. ‘It’s our energy and blood flow that keeps us ...

Editorial: If so, they will be getting that information not courtesy of board members but in spite of them. It should be city ...

The Ancient Pazyryk culture's frozen tombs, preserved mummies, tattoos, and artifacts reshape views on nomadic life.

Traditional burial methods harm the planet in various ways. Embalming slows the decay of a person’s body so that it’s presentable at a funeral—but after burial, the chemicals used for embalming leach ...

For a place that prides itself on living close to the land, it’s strange that it has taken Humboldt County this long to develop a burial option that returns our loved ones to the Earth in an ...

MANILA, Philippines — His work begins when someone dies. The dead is brought to him and laid on a steel table in a fluorescent-lit, refrigerator-cold room reeking of formalin, where he prepares the ...

The businesses on PEOPLE's annual list provide resources to their communities and encourage employees to make a difference Brendan Le is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE with four years of experience ...