The National Institutes of Health has come under fire for continuing to fund experiments on dogs and cats, despite leadership's recent pledge to reduce reliance on animal testing. In April, NIH ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Governments have announced plans to reduce the number of animals, such as mice, used in experimental procedures. Last November, ...

In early phases of drug development, new active substances are tested in animals—alongside numerous other experimental methods. Researchers face a dilemma: on the one hand, for ethical reasons, they ...

Experiments on animals (“in vivo” experiments) have long been the norm for learning about human health and disease, because testing on live animals enables researchers to investigate how chemicals, ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eighty-three percent of U.S. college students believe that animals should not be used in classroom teaching laboratories if the animals are killed afterward and if other ...

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals can choose among several opportunities to work together? Biologists at ...

A recent survey shows 80% of U.S. adults want the U.S. government to commit to a plan to phase out experiments on animals Washington, D.C. — A new survey shows that Americans’ attitudes toward ...

Many of us care for animals and feel empathy when they suffer. At the same time, many of us also accept their suffering and death when it happens in the name of science. How do people manage this ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...