They specialize in determining the causes of sudden, unexpected or violent deaths. But according to the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. is facing a critical shortage of these professionals.

Long before Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., professor of forensic entomology in the Texas A&M Department of Entomology, helped investigators solve murders with maggots, he was just a kid glued to the TV ...

Anthropology is the scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. Forensic anthropologists are trained physical anthropologists who apply ...

AND IT’S ALL ABOUT EXPLORING WHAT MAKES THE HUMAN BODY WORK. WE’RE MEDICAL DETECTIVES. WE GO IN AND WE INVESTIGATE THINGS. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH ALL THINGS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY. IT’S HELPING OUR COMMUNITY ...