Because pigs are remarkably similar to humans, knowing the signs of their decomposition can help identify hidden burials.

Unless cadavers can be preserved to look fresh instead of semi-mummified, I don’t see any advantage of continuing their use in the face of technology. — Derrick Chua, Chinese General Hospital ...

In what top forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun described as a “modest development” in the establishment of a National ...

On a “body farm,” researchers are exploring whether the nutrients from human cadavers can change the look of plants, which authorities might use to locate missing persons.

In the second half of the 20th century, however, the medical profession started to clean up its act. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1968 gave every American the right to donate his or her body ...

Two Ohioans filed patents for devices to deter grave robbers in the late 19th century when robberies were on the rise to ...

Can You Build a Business Around Selling Ultra-Detailed Fake Cadavers for $70,000? This Florida Company Did SynDaver finally built a better dead body. By Emily Canal, Staff writer, Inc.com @ emilycanal ...

The history of physicians dissecting cadavers to study human anatomy dates back to the third century B.C., but later, the practice became a cultural taboo for the Romans as well as the medieval ...

Virtual cadavers: Biology class goes 3-D The high school is the first in Wisconsin to have a virtual 3-D dissection device featuring human and animal cadavers.