How many animals are used in taxpayer-funded experiments every year? The truth is, no one knows. Estimates range from 10 ...

It’s one of science’s most controversial ethical dilemmas: should we still be testing on animals? And, if not, what viable ...

PETA demanded that the issues outlined in the letter be addressed publicly and without delay by Penn’s administrators.

On April 10, the US Food and Drug Administration announced it would phase out animal testing for certain drug studies. The agency published a roadmap that outlines a six-prong approach to reducing ...

The letter from Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, a watchdog organization for lab research on animals, referenced a string of violations of federal policies on humane animal research, including ...

Drug developers are increasing adoption of AI technologies for discovery and safety testing to get faster and cheaper results ...

An animal rights bill offered the Pennsylvania Senate a brief moment of bipartisan respite from its intractable budget ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is following in the FDA’s footsteps—away from animal testing. The NIH plans to establish a new office meant to develop nonanimal methods for biomedical research ...

Six-month-old Beagle puppies are put in jackets that inject them with cocaine and meth, causing them to vomit and foam at the mouth, as part of a drug testing study by the National Institutes of ...

The federal government has launched a new strategy to reduce the number of animals used in regulatory laboratory testing ...

The 3Rs (replacement, reduction, refinement) are a set of principles that provide an internationally accepted framework toward achieving more humane scientific research by minimizing animal distress.

Hailed as a victory by animal welfare groups, new federal legislation now eliminates a long-standing requirement that investigational drugs must be tested on animals before humans receive them in drug ...