Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have recently lost a loved one or pet, having them cremated and scattering their ashes can be a meaningful way to say ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A year after my mother died, my family spread some of her ashes off the Irish coast and decided to spread the remaining ashes ...

What would you like to happen to you after your time comes? For many, the traditional burial plot is the way to go. Many others prefer cremation, spending eternity in a small urn on a family member’s ...

According to the National Funeral Directors’ Association, the cremation rate in the United States is expected to pass 82% by 2045. The urn is on the shelf, but it doesn’t feel right. It holds someone ...

It happened again in June. The gardener for the popular Bridge of Flowers showed up for work to find the leaves of a purple flowering plant and a ready-to-bloom lily were now gray. A grainy substance ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Federal and local officials are investigating after over 100 piles of cremated human remains were reported on federal lands near a small town in Nevada. The Bureau of Land Management confirmed to USA ...

When deciding to scatter the ashes of a loved one, you may have some questions: Can I spread them anywhere? Do I have to notify anybody? What are the rules? Scattering ashes is not illegal in ...

You are allowed to scatter the cremated remains of loved ones in Washington, but there are rules. _jure Getty Images/iStockphoto When we lose a loved one, we want to do our best to commemorate them in ...

From the standpoint of Judaism, it is a painful break from the sanctity of the human body and from the eternal significance ...

A year after my mother died, my family spread some of her ashes off the Irish coast and decided to spread the remaining ashes later. That was in 2011. When my father died four years later, he also ...