About 200,000 funerals take place in Australia every year, but a service in the Blue Mountains on Friday marked a first for the country – the woman farewelled was in a coffin grown from mushrooms.

A Loop Biotech coffin being used at a recent funeral ceremony. Source: Supplied Australia held its first mushroom coffin burial last week, signifying an innovation in how burials could look moving ...

The casket, grown from mycelium and hemp fibres, takes just 45 days to break down, enriching the soil in the process Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, ...

More than 1,050 years after his death, Emperor Otto the Great has once again been laid to rest in Magdeburg Cathedral. The medieval ruler’s remains were placed in a specially designed titanium coffin ...

Carla Jeffery, best known for her role in the Disney Channel movie franchise “Zombies,” died Tuesday. She was 33. Jeffery’s manager, Carla Alexander, shared the news in a post on the actor’s Instagram ...

Carla Jeffery, who played the cheerleader Bree in the Disney Channel’s 2018 movie “Zombies” and several spin-offs, died Sept. 1. She was 33. Her management company, Alexanders Talent, posted about her ...

Disney Channel star Carla Jeffery has died at the age of 33. The actress, known for her time on the hit "ZOMBIES" franchise, died on Sept. 1, her agency Alexanders Talent Management announced in an ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a door that leads nowhere and a collection of artifacts inside a high-ranking official’s 4,000-year-old tomb. These discoveries were made during excavations at ...

Disney star Carla Jeffery has died, according to a statement shared on her official Instagram by her talent management company. She was 33. The actress was known for her role in the "Zombies" ...

Jeffery also had recurring roles in shows such as 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Southland.' By Carly Thomas Senior Editor, Digital Carla Jeffery, best known for her role as Bree in Disney‘s Zombies ...

Carla Jeffery, who played Bree in Disney’s Zombies movies and 2024 animated series and earlier recurred on Curb Your Enthusiasm, died September 1. She was 33. Her longtime reps at Alexanders Talent ...

In the Russian city of Ulan-Ude, high sign-on bonuses and so-called “coffin money,” the payout benefits for fallen soldiers, are fueling an economic boom. New apartments, businesses and cars are ...