Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In the 19th century, medical schools were desperate for corpses from which their students could learn. Grave robbers would sell bodies; sometimes, ...

Aimee Babbin doesn’t know her cadaver’s name. But she affectionately refers to him as "Grandpa" as she prepares to slice into his abdomen. After weeks in the dissection lab at the University of ...

Police and members of the nonprofit first responder group TEXSAR brought out cadaver dogs on Tuesday in their search for missing 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, who hasn’t been seen since November ...

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office utilized more than just detectives at the home of Ruben Flores, Monday. Cadaver dogs and ground-penetrating radar could also be seen searching around the ...

HOSPITALITY NICHE: Medical professionals examine a cadaver in an event room in November at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts convention center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. REUTERS/Elizabeth ...

The parents of Madeleine McCann, the 4-year-old British girl who went missing in Portugal in May, were officially named suspects on Sept. 7 by Portuguese police. The change came after developments in ...

Claim: A medical school student prepares to work on a cadaver during a gross anatomy laboratory, only to discover that the one assigned to him for dissection is a relative of his. The relative who ...

Cadaver dogs can pick up the distinct scent of human corpses from a pile of rubble or deep underground. With their exceptional abilities, these canines help recover victims of natural disasters and ...

Typically in cadaver tests researchers swaddle the body in stockings, including one over its face, partly for scientific reasons and partly out of respect. The arms and hands, if still attached, are ...