Death

For centuries, the cruel industry decimated entire whale species—and claimed countless human lives. Whalers arrived prepared for their own deaths.

What does our fascination with mortality reveal about who we are?

First found at the ancient fortress of Tell el-Retaba, child burials in ceramic jars perplexed early archaeologists.

For centuries, the Beothuk people relied on seabirds to survive—and likely to find their way to the afterlife.

After McKinley’s assassination, a local Buffalo coroner was called in to tell the nation how the 25th president died.

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

It all started as a Cambridge criminologist’s macabre hobby.

The quintessential Roman spectacle, originally a way to honor the dead, was not Roman in origin.

Honoring death with sweet recipes can be a cathartic memorial.

Their syrupy death is medicinal for humans, too.

Check out camel skulls, starfish, or a lion’s pelt, just to know what it feels like.

The mysterious tragedy of the Dyatlov Pass Incident gets an explanation—but not necessarily one everyone accepts.

The tragedy and mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident has captured imaginations for decades.

Tales of tradition, erasure, resilience, and dancing.

In rural Chile, the kodkod, or güiña, has a bad rep for stealing chickens—and as a portent of death and disaster.