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Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., holds a jar of fly samples.
September 15, 2025

From maggots to mentorship: A forensics legacy at Texas A&M

Long before Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., professor of forensic entomology in the Texas A&M Department of Entomology, helped investigators solve murders with maggots, he was just a kid glued to the TV watching detective shows.

A researcher with gloved hands picks up blow flies with tweezers
September 4, 2025

Light-based insect analysis sharpens forensic timelines

Researchers have developed a technique that uses infrared light and machine learning to reveal the sex of blow fly larvae found on human remains.

Students with red light headlamps and flashlights capture insects with a white sheet.
August 1, 2025

Camp youth explore forensics and entomology

Texas A&M Department of Entomology camps offer hands-on experiences in insect science and forensic investigation

Kelie Yoho, Ph.D, Department of Entomology. She is wearing a purple shirt
February 14, 2025

Forensic entomology program adds new faculty

Yoho to teach crime scene investigation, forensic science and entomology

A young woman with straight brown hair, Olivia Henry, wearing a maroon Texas A&M polo.
May 7, 2024

At the intersection of science and mystery

Olivia Henry '24 explores a career in the forensic sciences after seizing every opportunity at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

January 17, 2024

Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science enters Phase II

Two female students placing a footprint cast into an evidence envelope
October 22, 2019

What is forensic entomology?

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April 3, 2019

No. 1 ranking in US for Texas A&M forensic, investigative sciences major