An animal rights group is alleging mistreatment of animals used in medical research at UMass Chan Medical School. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims some animals suffered unnecessary ...

An animal rescue in Forked River, New Jersey, is giving a monkey destined for biomedical research a new home after it survived a truck crash in October. The Popcorn Park Animal Refuge said the monkey, ...

FORKED RIVER, N.J. -- An animal refuge in Ocean County, New Jersey, is giving a former laboratory animal a new home after it survived a truck crash. Forrest, a rhesus macaque, was one of 21 monkeys ...

In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal testing in biomedical research. Central to these ...

In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face owls, shotguns, and more poison. As Australia’s ...

As excitement around animal testing alternatives reaches a fever pitch, Charles River Laboratories is making a move to strengthen its development of new approach methodologies (NAMs) that can ...

The state Senate is one vote away from approving legislation to crack down on the use of dogs and cats for painful lab experiments. Senate Bill 381, dubbed the Beagle Bill by lawmakers, was inspired ...

Nicci Wright–co-founder and co-chairperson of the African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), dedicated to the protection and the conservation of the pangolin, the world’s most trafficked animal—recalls ...

The use of animals in science research has a long-storied history of success; almost every modern-day medical drug or treatment was either first developed or discovered through the use of animals.

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes. By Hiroko Tabuchi Employees at the Environmental ...

Stem Pharm, a Madison biotech startup, is using lab-created 3D "organoids" to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In April, the FDA and NIH announced plans to incentivize so-called "new ...