The elderly woman was sprawled on her back in the dirt, head resting to one side, elbows bent as though she was about to prop herself up. Dead three months now, her face was no longer recognizable.

Editor's Note: WBIR is reporting this week on the evolution of the University of Tennessee's Body Farm. This is the first installment. It all started because Dr. Bill Bass needed a place to keep the ...

An Australian scientist has proved that human bodies move around significantly for more than a year after death, in findings that could have implications for detectives and pathologists around the ...

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“Wait, let me get this straight,” my 14-year old said. “Your naked body would just rot on the ground? No thank you!” This might actually be a teenager’s ...

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 in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mexican forensic officials practice excavating a grave at the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center, better known ...

Editor's Note: WBIR is reporting this week on the evolution of the University of Tennessee's Body Farm. This is the third installment. The bones can tell you what happened. They offer clues about who ...

Canada’s first-ever “body farm” — a research facility for scientists to study decomposition — is slated to open in the spring. The outdoor body farm in the Quebec city of Becancour will be a place for ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Editor's Note: WBIR is reporting this week on the evolution of the University of Tennessee's Body Farm. This is the fourth installment. Look beyond the queasy nature of the place ...