Cremation is a popular alternative to burial that's becoming more common, but just how long does the whole process take from ...

Starting Tuesday, the process is legal in Minnesota for people looking for an alternate option to burial or cremation.

Water cremation and human composting could soon be offered as an alternative to traditional funerals. A Law Commission ...

PROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time ...

An alternative to burial or cremation — allowing dead bodies to break down into a soil-like product — is just a signature ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 31, 1948 (UP) - The body of sainted Mohandas K. Gandhi today was committed to the flames of the burning ghat as violence touched off by his assassination flared anew in Bombay.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday paved the way for the dignified cremation of a man's body kept lying in a hospital morgue for the last 27 days, waiting for cremation amid a family dispute. The High ...

Human teeth resist burning during cremation because of their calcium phosphate composition, requiring extremely high temperatures for full incineration. Teeth and some bones often remain intact ...

While the State of Maryland legalized water cremation in 2023, individual counties must opt in — and so far, only Baltimore ...

The cremation of an oversized body apparently helped set ablaze the roof of a crematory Wednesday when the  smokestack overheated and set roofing material on fire.