Do insectivorous animals perceive green, caterpillar-shaped clay as a tasty meal? Ecologists sometimes use plasticine models ...

Nevertheless, because of their relatively privileged position in human society, lab experimentation on dogs has attracted ...

State House representatives were presented with legislation Thursday aimed at prohibiting painful experiments on dogs at ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine welcomes the historic decision by the Dutch Senate to phase out public funding for primate experiments at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC ...

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.

FDA Commissioner Martin Makary on Thursday announced a move away from animal-based drug testing in favor of human-based methods and artificial intelligence to determine drug safety and effectiveness.

An experiment conducted in Poland shows that wolves fear humans more than any other stimulus, even in remote forest environments.

The experiment suggests that the animals are “not just driven by simple, emotional responses” but “have rather complex awareness.” ...