Drexel University environmental science graduate Jackie Garcia had the opportunity to pursue an independent study during her senior year. She chose Academy scientist and Drexel professor Jon Gelhaus ...

Learn more about the science, history, and case studies in the realm of forensic entomology. Review evidence, interviews, and other documents from fictional cases and discuss them with fellow Web ...

On a farm in northern Indiana, Neal Haskell looks inside the mouth of a dead sow for signs of life."Here's a blowfly! Right there!" he exclaims upon closer inspection. Maggots let the forensic ...

Climate change and a reliance on DNA for species identification may be reducing the ability of forensic entomologists to solve crimes. Best known for inferring times of death from the developmental ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Beach Police Department has a forensic technician with a specialty some may not realize is one used in solving crimes. Emily Baucom is an American Board of Forensic ...

And even more so today, Millersville University biology professor Wallace says, there s a whole world he and others can learn from those little flying guys ... and sometimes, that what they learn can ...

Bernard Greenberg’s study of maggots led to work that would often seem like something out of the pages of a thriller. Greenberg, a retired professor of entomology at the University of Illinois at ...

They live in a world of creepy-crawlies, collecting the flies, maggots and beetles that live off the dead. Because it's such a macabre profession, forensic entomology this Halloween season has been ...

Q: Can you tell me how a forensic entomologist determines the time of death in a murder case? J.M., Sausalito. A: Forensic entomology is the study of insects that feed on dead animals (and people) in ...

On Wednesday, 28 University of Northern Colorado students were met by a mild stench in the air when they arrived at a field adjacent to the Poudre Learning Center in Greeley. The odor was caused by ...