For decades, funeral homes across the country have reliably offered this service, using their vehicles to play their part in...

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Artist Mary Sweeney, better known by her online moniker Horror Floral, channels her fascination with the cycle of life and...

Two new death care options are making it easier for families to memorialize their loved ones in the great outdoors.

After a three-day strike, South Africa’s funeral workers came to an agreement with authorities and resumed work on September 17.

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Well into the modern era, people all over the world, and particularly in Western Europe, consumed pieces of human bodies...

The body of a man known as Thailand’s first convicted serial killer was cremated in July after being on display...

If you’ve ever witnessed the behavior of a pet whose owner recently died, you know that animals experience their own...

With a new virus ravaging populations across the world and physical distance separating loved ones in unfamiliar ways, thoughts of...