Kudos to Connecticut legislators for passing a law allowing students to opt out of animal dissection and be provided with humane alternatives. This crude exercise has no place in 21st century ...

Much to the relief of most parents, school is back in session. Students will be renewing friendships, meeting new teachers, and learning locker combinations. A return to school can also mean a tough ...

HONING SKILLS: Trinity biologist Robert Blystone says dissection provides the opportunity for students to develop scientific observational skills. Poring over a frog's insides once was nearly ...

It’s not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel and smell of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal. Think about the frog. The pig. Or even the rat. That’s what ...

When students at a high school Participation in Government class were asked to invite outside speakers to debate controversial issues, I accepted this opportunity to discuss why I believed the school ...

Dissecting frogs and cats — a common assignment for kids in California biology classes — could soon be a thing of the past. A bill from Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, would prohibit animal ...

Pretty much every middle or high school student in California has endured the rite of passage of dissecting a frog, rat or some other kind of animal in biology class. That could change if Assembly ...

Each year, students with a passion to learn more about the human body can join the advanced human anatomy dissection team. The members of the dissection team meet each Friday to dissect human cadavers ...