As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t ...

A national watchdog group has filed an administrative complaint with Penn State’s president after an unpublished report from the university said nearly a dozen rats were subjected to so much pain they ...

Three individuals, including a Republican, Democrat, and actress, are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A national animal rights group is alleging violations of the Animal Welfare Act by a research organization contracted by University of North Texas Health Science Center led to the ...

I’m a wildlife veterinarian specializing in monkeys, so I know there are ways to prevent the recent incident in Mississippi where eight monkeys escaped during transport from a research lab in New ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests ...

Members of Congress exploded Thursday over reports that taxpayer money has paid for experiments using “transgender lab rats,” saying it was time to shut down the government’s animal-testing industry.

If you think back to your high school biology classes, chances are you’ll have a rudimentary memory of photosynthesis. The process by which plants absorb light from the sun and use it – along with ...

Two research projects run through the Purdue veterinary school have faced claims of mistreatment of animals in the experiment, reportedly leading to suspension of both projects for varying lengths of ...