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 ...

At first glance, it is not obvious that students are dissecting invertebrates in Greg Barord’s Central Campus marine biology classroom. There's no scalpels, no nose-burning formaldehyde, no squishy ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A rite of passage for generations of often squeamish Hoosier students could be replaced by technology if state Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary, gets her way. Hatcher is sponsor of House Bill ...

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 ...

MOLINE -- Students have dissected more than 1,200 frogs and pigs at College For Kids in the past 21 years, and teacher Connie Archer has seen every slice. Before Tuesday, Mrs. Archer, of Rock Island, ...

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 ...

Mills Elementary held a Mad Scientist Literacy Night late last month and many students and their families came and participated in all the activities. Some of the experiments included reading My ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alicia Silverstone and her son, Bear, are working together to support PETA's new campaign. PETA created the "Cut Class, Not Frogs" ...