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

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 ...

Bob Kimsey, middle top, looks on as students in one of his forensic entomology classes collect specimens from a pig carcass. The team is learning how to make visual inspections and collect temperature ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The pungent smell aside, it was the buzzing sound - just a bit softer than a beehive - that assured Michelle Sanford there would be a lot of evidence to collect. After a short trek through the brush ...

Step aside, Dirty Harry. These days, scientists are getting the bad guys and the glory. And thanks to television and two passionate Purdue teachers whose courses have captured students’ imaginations, ...

South Korea's first forensic entomology lab opened Tuesday to better harness insect science in criminal investigations, police said. The Korea Forensic Entomology Lab began operations at the Korean ...