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 ...

A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars. “Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post ...

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 ...

Persuasion is replacing coercion in animal experiments. Some lab animals are being trained to take part in tests in their own time and in the security of their own pens. All it takes is a bit of ...

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 ...