In the second half of the 20th century, animal protection was often treated in public debate as a minor cause, sentimental at ...

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 ...

A proposed Fairbanks North Star Borough ordinance would expand the definition of animal restraint to include electronic collars as an option in addition to traditional leashes. The measure would allow ...

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, ...

An animal refuge in New Jersey has provided a former laboratory monkey a new home after he survived a chaotic truck crash weeks ago. The incident unfolded at the end of October, when a truck carrying ...

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 ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. When you think about the animals used in scientific research, mice or monkeys might come to mind. But you should also think about beagles. As science ...

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 ...

It started with a hyacinth macaw named Sampson, who loved music. One day, he tentatively hopped up onto a log and curiously nibbled a stick, triggering the opening beats of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” ...

The University of Minnesota’s animal laboratories in Minneapolis had eight issues labeled “critical” in 2024 during U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspections, according to a new advocacy ...

Few people know the full story of how beagles have been—and continue to be—bred and used "in the name of research." 1 In her new book Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World ...