University of Tennessee Anthropology Research Facility – often called the Body Farm

Bodies lie covered in various stages of decomposition Tuesday inside the Anthropology Research Facility, better known as "The Body Farm" in 2007. With more body donations and an increased amount of research going on at the one-acre facility, the Forensic Anthropolgy Center would like to see an additional 15 acres of land allocated for their research.

Dr. Richard L. Jantz, Director of the Forensic Anthropolgy Center at the University of Tennessee, walks along the path Tuesday in the Anthropology Research Facility, better known as "The Body Farm" in 2007. Although there are no immediate plans for expansion, the Forensic Anthropolgy Center would like to see an additional 15 acres of land allocated for their research. .

News-Sentinel photo by Michael Patrick. Dr. Richard Jantz is interviewed at the UT body farm by a New Zealand film crew for a two-part Learning Channel special about the human body. Glenn Krawczyk said the working title of the show is "Planet Human" and it is generally about the human eco-system.

Human remains lie in various stages of decomposition Tuesday inside the Anthropology Research Facility, better known as "The Body Farm" in 2007. With more body donations and an increased amount of research going on at the one-acre facility, the Forensic Anthropolgy Center would like to see an additional 15 acres of land allocated for their research.

Robert Weiderhold, who works at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, VA, sifts dirt for evidence of human remains during a training for FBI agents at the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center, often called the body farm, on Thursday, March 17, 2016. FBI agents from across the country are attending the weeklong training.

Leslie Kopper, special agent with the FBI in Denver, left, works with other members of the FBI Evidence Response Team to recover human remains during a training at the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center, often called the body farm, on Thursday, March 17, 2016. FBI agents from across the country are attending the weeklong training.

FBI agents from evidence response teams across the country work with staff from the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center, often called the body farm, to recover human remains on Thursday, March 17, 2016. FBI agents from across the country are attending the weeklong training.

Maggots are taken from a cadaver during a class at the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center on Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Thirteen police agencies from across the United States are taking part in a weeklong training course in forensic anthropology.

Dr. Randy Parce, a forensic odontologist uses a blowtorch to recreate fire damage of a tooth during a forensic anthropology course at at the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center. Thirteen law enforcement agencies are taking part in the weeklong course to aid in police investigations.

Dr. Randy Parce, a forensic odontologist, teaches a group of law enforcement professionals in using dental information for police investigations. Thirteen law enforcement agencies from across the United States are taking part in a weeklong training course at the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center.

From left, Luis Colon of Virginia's Portsmouth Police Department , Brian Stafford of Maryland's Montgomery County Police Department, and Nicole Menge of Washington's Kitsap County Sheriffs Department are participating in a weeklong training course at the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center. The three, under instruction from Dayson Smith, right, of the Indianapolis Airport Police Department, are searching for casings from the pupal stage of flies that are found near a decomposing body.

Bonnie Queen of North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Police Department tries to capture flies found near cadavers on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 during a weeklong forensics training course at the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center.