A body farm is a research facility where human decomposition can be studied in a variety of settings.

In order to prepare for the episode, various information on mushrooms, fungi, human decomposition, and cave geology was researched by the series' crew members.

A body farm is a research facility where human decomposition is studied.

One investigator states he smelled human decomposition.

They were apparently struck by the stench of human decomposition, although no human remains were found.

Medieval Europe wasn't exactly a hotbed of medical science, and human decomposition was poorly understood.

Inside the 'Body Farm' Follow our evidence experts as they get hands-on training on the science of human decomposition.

The second, the largest and most disgusting, features pictures of putrefying corpses lying in field and forest at a facility for studying human decomposition.

The phosphorous deodorant was ineffective; 14 months later, the scent of human decomposition remains, even though the site has yet to be excavated.

The areas of research conducted with donated bodies will include reconstructing the postmortem interval to determine time since death and related studies in human decomposition.