Death is a universal phenomenon; however, is there “life after death?” This topic has been
investigated for centuries but still there are gray areas that have yet to be elucidated …

Geoscience methods are increasingly being utilised in criminal, environmental and
humanitarian forensic investigations, and the use of such methods is supported by a …

Establishing the time since death is critical in every death investigation, yet existing
techniques are susceptible to a range of errors and biases. For example, forensic …

Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Third Edition
continues in the tradition of the two best-selling prior editions and maintains its status as the …

The ecological succession of microbes during cadaver decomposition has garnered interest
in both basic and applied research contexts (eg community assembly and dynamics; …

Europe is currently experiencing a long-lasting African swine fever (ASF) epidemic, both in
domestic pigs and wild boar. There is great concern that carcasses of infected wild boar may …

Postmortem succession of human‐associated microbial communities (“human microbiome”)
has been suggested as a possible method for estimating postmortem interval (PMI) for …

Bacteria are taphonomic agents of human decomposition, potentially useful for estimating
postmortem interval (PMI) in late‐stage decomposition. Bone samples from 12 individuals …

Most forensic research that is used to better understand how to estimate the postmortem
interval (PMI) entails the study of the physiochemical characteristics of decomposition and …

Mammalian decomposition provides pulses of organic matter to the local ecosystem creating
ephemeral hotspots of nutrient cycling. While changes to soil biogeochemistry in these …