Facilities for human taphonomy, the study of what happens to an organism after its death, or “body farms” as they have become colloquially known, are unique outdoor laboratories where forensic ...

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 ...

O’Toole explains how it works: “If a human body is dumped outside, they begin to decompose, and honeybees, just by virtue of how they act in nature, they fly around and they land on flowers ...

Iowa’s rich topsoil and climate have nourished some of the nation’s most plentiful corn and soybean crops. Tyler O’Brien wants to learn more about their influence on rotting corps… ...

The Body Farm − the name commonly used for the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility − was the first of its kind to permit systematic study of human decomposition and had ...

These "CSI"-style cemeteries, where scientists study donated human corpses as they decompose, have been untenable in all but a few states - the result of uneasy neighbors and an obvious "ick" factor.

The Body Farm − the name commonly used for the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility − was the first of its kind to permit systematic study of human decomposition and had ...

I visited a body farm and an anatomy lab to see what the process looks like at its best. ... George studies human decomposition, and part of decomposing is becoming food.

Researchers at George Mason University’s new “body farm” in Northern Virginia hope to use bees to draw up a formula for human decomposition that investigators can use to narrow a search for ...

O’Toole explains how it works: “If a human body is dumped outside, they begin to decompose, and honeybees, just by virtue of how they act in nature, they fly around and they land on flowers ...

The Body Farm − the name commonly used for the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility − was the first of its kind to permit systematic study of human decomposition and had ...