While cremation and burial remain an important mainstay in our cultural and religious practices, other ways of marking death ...

For years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints frowned upon cremation, insisting that burial was theologically ...

New Zealand's first water crematorium is opening in Christchurch on Friday, giving people a new option for what happens to ...

Rhode Island's House passed a bill to allow human composting for the second year in a row and "water cremation" for the first ...

Funeral directors worry about a looming crisis as the region's limited cremation capacity means it's getting more difficult ...

The house passed a bill Tuesday that would provide two alternatives; “human composting” where the body is returned to soil, ...

Due to financial challenges, three local funeral homes have closed, leaving Humboldt County residents with only a few funeral ...

Human and animal bones were found inside the 1,500-year-old Bromeswell bucket. A double-sided comb was also discovered.

A 1,500-year-old bucket discovered in England has been identified as an ancient cremation burial vessel, experts said. The 6th-century bucket was found at Sutton Hoo, an archaeological site near ...