This Special Issue focuses on critical identification cases, as forensic experts increasingly face significant challenges in identifying human remains, both in routine and extraordinary circumstances.

Diabetic and alcoholic ketoacidosis are critical metabolic disturbances that can lead to fatal outcomes, with distinct biochemical signatures that are paramount in forensic investigations. Diabetic ...

For many people, forensic pathology seems forbidding and dark. It deals intimately with death, crime, and disaster and is most often represented through the artifice of television shows and movies.

Dr Yaseen Bismilla, one of South Africa's few specialist forensic pathologists, has transformed from a child who feared death to a TikTok sensation with nearly 200 000 followers. Through his quirky ...

Experts red-flag mentions of unscientific ‘virginity’ indicators in forensic textbooks despite ban ...