Animals - Living Material

These industrious scavenger insects devour organic matter — the larvae will even clean a skeleton of muscle, skin and cartilage.

Teach your students about the complete metamorphosis of an insect with these mealworms.

Drosophila, the common fruit fly is widely used in genetic studies. Ward's offers a large number of mutations to help you demonstrate complex genetics concepts.

Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is widely used in genetic studies. They express a number of mutations such as eye, wing, and body mutations.

Bullfrog tadpoles are great for demonstrating metamorphosis in the classroom.

Grass frogs are low maintenance and seasonally available, typically from September to July.

Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is widely used in genetic studies. They express a number of mutations such as eye, wing, and body mutations.

Planaria are a flatworm commonly used in science fair projects. They do not bite and move very slowly, making them easy for young students to observe.

Hydra are tiny animals closely related to jellyfish. They can be carnivorous as well as photosyntheic due to their symbiotic relationship with green algae Zoochlorellae.

Anoles (American Chameleons) are tree-dwelling lizards found mostly in the southeastern US.

These fascinating frogs are uniquely adapted for climbing, with prominent adhesive pads on the ends of their digits.

Cockroaches are widely used in labs for physiological, behavioral, structural, and developmental studies.

This is the most widely studied Turbellarian, a free-living flatworm commonly used in science fair projects.

Erpobdella obscura

Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is widely used in genetic studies. They express a number of mutations such as eye, wing, and body mutations.

This large predatory frog will eat any other organism smaller than itself, including smaller bullfrogs; keep similar-sized frogs together to avoid cannibalism.