Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at St. George's Cathedral on Sunday, where his ashes were interred in Cape Town and laid to rest.

PHOENIX - When it comes to burials, Americans overwhelmingly choose either burying their loved ones or cremating them, according to figures from the National Funeral Directors Association. However, ...

For Middle Georgia pet owners who have to face the difficulty of what to do with their pet’s remains, a Macon business offers a solution that is scarcely available anywhere else. Petamorphosis, owned ...

INDY Week: How did you get into the business of aquamation? Hunter Beattie: In my twenties I was doing a lot of renewable energy work … then kind of fell off the path from that. I was trying to come ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In an unassuming home on Englewood’s main thoroughfare, warm water gently circulates over the bodies of dead pets inside a large metal box. For 18 hours, the ...

Options can be limited for what happens after the death of a beloved pet. Owners may choose to bury their animal or cremate them. A Lansing business is the first in the state to offer a more natural ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

*The late Desmond Tutu will undergo aquamation instead of cremation following his death late last month. As reported by The Blast, his body will undergo aquamation, an environmentally friendly method ...

Jan. 23—Add water, an alkali solution, mix and heat up for 18 hours, and your departed pet emerges as ashes. Aquamation is a 195-degree, water-based alternative to the traditional 1,500-degree ...