A new California bill, AB 1586, could ban animal dissection in K-12 classrooms throughout the state. The Replacing Animals in Science (RAISE) Act argues that animal dissection is costly, exposes ...

This animal, a member of the chordates, can regenerate all of its organs so that each piece knows exactly how to regain functioning of all its missing body systems within a short period of time. An ...

Alicia Silverstone and her son Bear have joined PETA's new campaign to encourage kids to opt for animal-free dissection options in school Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

When Judie Mancuso was in grade school she opted out of dissecting frogs and other animals. For her the common practice was torture. “I refused to be there, I didn’t want to be part of somewhere where ...

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J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida is the first high school in the world to use synthetic animals in lab dissections, as reported by CNN. “We are so excited to have partnered with ...

Increasing numbers of students are asking to opt out of the science class ritual of dissecting frogs or fetal pigs, branding the practice cruel and insisting they can learn as much from computer ...

Students in the summer Body Trek program run by the Robert Crown Center for Health Education usually are interested in medicine and science, such as Shelby Rastorfer, 12, of Hinsdale. “I’ve always ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) —The Humane Society of Greater Rochester and the University of Rochester's Department of Public Safety are working together to investigate Wednesday morning's discovery of three ...

For some students, dissecting animals in class can be the highlight of the semester. For others, however, it’s cruel and … maybe kind of gross. But for students at a Florida high school, the learning ...

When I attended college during the 1960s, the grade I was most grateful for was my worst grade – the D I received in biology lab. I was disgusted by cutting apart formaldehyde-preserved animals. I ...