Rising costs, shifting beliefs, and environmental concerns are accelerating the decline of casket burials.

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios Californians appear to increasingly prefer cremation to burial, reflecting a nationwide shift that reverses a norm from two ...

Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and ...

Cremation outpaced traditional burial in the U.S. for the first time in 2015. Here, a cremation urn is shown. Cremation outpaced traditional burial in the U.S. for the first time in 2015. Here, a ...

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 ...

One out of every two Americans chose cremation over burial in 2016, according to newly released industry figures, the first time the cremation rate reached 50% in the U.S. The nation’s embrace of ...

Rabbi Moishe Kievman discusses the Jewish act of burial and why, as a rabbi, he feels that is the best option for Jewish ...

The historic cemetery is running out of space for new graves, and plans to offer a more sustainable alternative to cremation ...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on Wednesday authorizing alkaline hydrolysis, commonly known as water cremation, as an approved cremation method in the state.