Pencils, check. Notebook, check. Backpack, check. Scalpel… wait, what? If you think knives don’t belong on a school-supply list, you’re in good company: Studies show that as many as 25 percent of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — It’s a rite of ...

Schools discard millions of formaldehyde-laden classroom specimens each year, raising questions about its effects on the larger ecosystem, too. Animal advocacy groups and some educators also question ...

J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Fla., became the first school in the world to dissect synthetic frogs last week. Students dissected 100 “SynFrogs” that were created by SynDaver, a ...

Meteorologist Jacob Dickey is joined by the Cumberland County Ag in the Classroom program to learn more about how they are teaching students about insects through dissection labs. Connect with the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — It’s a rite of ...