New forensic research reveals that fragments of moss as small as an eyelash can serve as a powerful tool in solving crimes.

Matt von Konrat, Head of Botanical Collections at the Field Museum in Chicago and corresponding author of the paper, ...

The earliest case the team found was from 1929, when the growth rate of mosses on a decomposing skeleton helped investigators ...

Moss may look insignificant, but it can carry a hidden forensic fingerprint. Because different moss species thrive in very ...

Crime-solving forensic scientist ‘humbled’ by damehood - Professor Lorna Dawson is head of the Centre for Forensic Soil ...

The project culminated with students excavating the site and applying their learned skills. The fake evidence was buried in the fall for a mock crime scene final project. Suffern High School science ...

THAT POLICE RESPONSE WAS FOR. IT’S 634 RIGHT NOW, AND INVESTIGATORS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY SAY AN INVESTMENT IN A NEW GUN LAB IS GOING TO HELP THEM SOLVE CRIMES, COULD HELP POLICE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

High school students from across Guam stepped into the shoes of forensic scientists last week, processing a "crime scene" as ...

Forensics, the application of scientific methods and principles to enable decision making in criminal cases, has evolved beyond the crime scenes.

One bug, a small black beetle with ridges along its back, caught the attention of entomologist Dr. Stephen Baca. He identified it immediately as Oiceoptima inaequale, the ridged carrion beetle, from ...