Plants are being used to help solve crimes. The pollen and seed s they can leave behind can often become key pieces of evidence. But, how does this all work? While plants aren’t able to testify in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The first time most Floridians heard about forensic botany was during the Casey Anthony murder trial in 2011. Anthony’s attorneys called expert witnesses to testify in an effort to ...

A forensic botanist helped solve a kidnapping and attempted rape in the Waterford Lakes area by linking algae on the victim’s and suspect’s clothes to a retention pond where the man dragged her, the ...

Dedication -- Foreword / Bruce Budowle -- Acknowledgements -- The editor -- Contributors -- Chap. 1. Introduction to forensic botany / Heather Miller Coyle -- Chap. 2. Basic plant biology / Heather ...

In 2009, investigators probing a grave-desecration scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, recovered a clump of moss found about eight inches below the soil surface during evidence recovery.

From grave robberies to missing person cases, moss samples offer crucial clues about when and where crimes occurred, ...

There is a new tool in the ongoing war on drugs and it comes from a forensic scientist at the University of New Haven. Heather Miller Coyle, an associate professor in the Henry C. Lee College of ...

Plant materials have been used to solve crimes on television shows, in books and in real life. The use of plant materials in solving crimes is called forensic botany. Plant materials utilized in ...