Cremation is a popular alternative to burial that's becoming more common, but just how long does the whole process take from start to finish?

When the stones containing her sister's cremated remains arrived, Lisa Bennett and her two surviving siblings came to an immediate conclusion: “We’ll scatter them in places in New Orleans.” ...

Arin Rudd, funeral director for Florida Mortuary Funeral & Cremation Services, holds a parting stone — one of a number of options for the preservation of cremated remains.

When he's done, he'll put the stone back in the bag and close the box. I think the stones helped me with my grief too. We spent the 15 months of Poppy's life working so hard to protect her.

The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found.Now, scientists in Norway are ...

Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to rise to around 78 percent by 2040. Here are some pros and cons of ...

Archeologists in Norway have discovered the world’s oldest dated runestone, which features inscriptions that are up to 2,000 years old.

Justin Crowe stepped into the “Shark Tank” to ask for a $400,000 investment and offering a 5% stake in his Santa Fe company, Parting Stone.

A weather balloon from the company Mesoloft — which carries cremation remains out into Earth’s lower atmosphere. Mesoloft. Parting Stone’s 8,000-square-foot, open space warehouse is based in ...