Police are investigating a mystery body that was found decaying alongside a rubbish dump in Thailand. The bloated corpse was discovered by electricians repairing a damaged power cable along Highway ...

But what if instead of donating money, your legacy could be that you donate yourself? Donating your body to science so that people can learn from it once you no longer need it is a thoughtful and ...

A body farm is an outdoor research facility where forensic scientists place animal carcasses and donated human cadavers in various settings — in the open air, in a shallow grave or in a sleeping ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Body Farm was established in 1987 by William M. Bass. The center focuses on research involving forensic investigations, human decomposition and skeletal remains.

Forensic researchers at UT Knoxville’s famous Anthropological Research Facility, popularly known as the “Body Farm,” have made headlines for decades in their discoveries of what happens to human ...

Soil elemental changes during human decomposition. PLOS ONE, 2023; 18 (6): e0287094 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287094 ...

In a Prince William County forest, George Mason University researchers plan to study body decomposition to help advance criminal and other investigations.