Robert “Bob” Kimsey ’76, Ph.D. ’84, is also known as “Dr. Death.” On Picnic Day each year, the assistant adjunct professor sets up a booth in Briggs Hall and educates visitors on the importance of ...

Researchers have long used bugs in complex homicide and death investigations, but new tech aims to make it much easier.

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 ...

Forensic entomology harnesses the life cycles and behaviours of insects to provide critical evidence in death investigations, particularly for estimating the post‐mortem interval (PMI). At its core, ...

Researchers have developed a novel method for identifying maggot species that are commonly utilized in forensic entomology. Maggots have long been utilized in forensic entomology for determining the ...

LONDON — He’s a sleuth, but Dr. Zakaria Erzinclioglu doesn’t presume to compare himself to Sherlock Holmes. The 49-year-old forensic entomologist prefers another title: “maggotologist.” He has spent ...

Dr. Tim Huntington (a.k.a. "Doctor Maggot"), uses forensic entomology to collect evidence from crime scenes. He has worked on multiple homicide cases, including the Casey Anthony case in Florida, and ...

Through due diligence and unwavering observation, forensic investigators play a crucial role in finding justice for victims and holding perpetrators accountable. But what happens when the details of ...

July 21-23 -- Some 150 academics, students, forensic pathologists, law enforcement officials and lawyers will gather for the second North American Forensic Entomology Conference in Davis, Calif.

Long before Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., professor of forensic entomology in the Texas A&M Department of Entomology, helped investigators solve murders with maggots, he was just a kid glued to the TV ...