On a farm just north of Charlottesville, the life cycle is on full display — and not just that of plant and wildlife, but humans too.

A gentle brook meanders through 28.9-acres of protected lands in the White Mountains, a picturesque resting place for those seeking an environmentally conscious way to return to the earth. The ...

Lurking just below Bohemian farm fields in the Czech Republic sit thousands of archaeological sites, including dozens of Neolithic burial mounds, many 5,000 years old. They can’t be seen just by ...

Ancient DNA from a Stone Age burial site in Sweden shows that families 5,500 years ago were more complex than expected. Many individuals buried together were not immediate family, but second- or third ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

Your spouse served 20 years in the military. You assumed you'd be buried together in a national cemetery when the time comes. Then a friend mentioned that her sister couldn't be buried with her ...

There is a looming crisis in America’s death industry. Green-Wood Cemetery might have found a lifeline. The storied 478-acre Brooklyn burial ground, like many across the U.S., is running out of room ...

PULA, CROATIA—Croatia Week reports that researchers from Juraj Dobrila University of Pula conducted an excavation at Vrh Kosir, a Bronze Age burial mound on the island of Veli Brijunin in Croatia’s ...

Sandra van der Laan has received funding from CPA Australia. Lee Moerman has received funding from CPA Australia. She is a volunteer with Tender Funerals, a community-based, not-for-profit funeral ...

Picture the scene: You have found yourself in legal trouble, and you're on the hunt for a duo to represent you in court. Who do you pick? If you said Academy Award winners Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee ...

A generation ago, burial was the default and cremation the exception. Today, the roles are rapidly reversing. By 2035, 80% of Americans will opt for cremation over burial, according to the National ...

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