The National Institutes of Health recently announced a landmark initiative to expand human-based science while reducing animal use. The world’s largest funder of biomedical and public health research ...

Each year on April 24, scientists, advocates, and policymakers around the world mark World Day for Laboratory Animals—a ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs will implant pacemakers in the hearts of 54 dogs that will be euthanized at the end of the tests and surgically embed wires and sensors ...

Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: ...

After decades of campaigning, the tide is finally turning on the use of animals in laboratory experiments. The government - soon to be followed by the EU - has published its strategy to make such ...

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 ...

Animal rights activists have denounced the parent company of online retailer HKTVmall for running animal experiments on how long severed heads or limbs can remain alive once detached from their bodies ...