Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests.

Depending on where you live — and die — you might have a new choice available to you for how your loved ones will carry out your final wishes. In the past two years, bills that legalize human ...

The green option, also called “natural organic reduction,” transforms a body into nutrient-dense soil in just a few weeks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When someone dies, there are a few options for how to lay someone to rest like a straight burial, cremation, and now something a ...

Everyone is dying to try this new burial trend. Eco-conscious New Yorkers can soon turn their corpses into compost as part of ...

Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.

Human composting is the process of transforming human remains into soil. Advocates say it's more environmentally friendly than casket burials and cremation. Despite the seemingly novel burial method, ...