People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair.

A researcher analyzed papers from more than 20 peer-reviewed journals and found that signs of consciousness persist long after patients are technically declared dead. The findings suggest that death ...

A dead person is now an interactive AI persona reconstructed from his online persona and recorded memories. Russian transhumanist Alexey Turchin hopes it’s an early step in recreating a person long ...

Dead bodies can provide organs for transplants, now they might become a source of stem cells too. Huge numbers of stem cells can still be mined from bone marrow five days after death to be potentially ...

A Royal Caribbean ship arrived in Alaska on Friday, June 19, carrying an endangered fin whale. It's unknown if speed was a factor in this death A pregnant endangered fin whale was found dead on the ...