The frogs are made using synthetic tissue and mimic properties of a live frog. The smell of formaldehyde in classrooms may soon be a thing of the past as high schools begin to introduce synthetic ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- For middle and high school students, they either love it or dread it when it comes to dissecting a frog in science class. But now, thanks to a new invention made in Tampa, real frogs ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X East Rock seventh grader Jeryl searches for frog’s large intestines… Credit: Maya McFadden Photos ...

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 ...

Live frogs, snakes and a gelatin frog for dissection are among the things children saw this week as they experienced the life of a herpetologist at the Cook Museum of Natural Science’s sold-out Jr.

Dear EarthTalk: Are the animals used in classroom dissection taken from the wild? If so, wouldn't this be endangering their populations? Are there other environmental issues associated with classroom ...

I recently read an essay called "Marin teen honored for alternatives to real-frog dissection" about Indigo Prasad, a seventh-grader at Mark Day School in San Rafael, California. I was thrilled to see ...