Carcass: On the Afterlives of Animal Bodies

A deeply original, if macabre, exploration of animal remains, their significance, and their critical roles in human lives and the world.

From an award-winning science writer who has written for National Geographic, PBS Newshour, and Newsweek.

Carcasses get a bad rap. Some think animal remains are all “gross,” “dangerous,” and “biohazards.” Some want carcasses discarded or destroyed, turned from valuable and beautiful remains to ash, pollution, and landfill. But animal remains are like water....