After years of court hearings, investigations, open rescues, and protests, the notorious beagle breeding and research ...

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...

For generations people have associated the terms "lab rat" and "guinea pig" with scientific research. Animal testing remains a standard and has been required for drug approval. Just before Christmas, ...

The Beagle Freedom Project is transforming a 30-acre property in Oklahoma that used to be an animal testing facility into Freedom Fields Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Following the trend of other regulators, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is taking steps to reduce the need for animal testing. The agency has issued a draft qualification opinion for a new ...

Testing products on animals became an industry standard in the cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries nearly a century ago. Since that time, it has become clear that these tests cause ...

On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: A bill became law late last year that could mean the end of testing drugs on animals eventually. It's called the FDA Modernization Act 2.0. The law has ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on ...

People marching while holding a sign that says “End animal experiments!", with people holding other signs in the background. A demonstration in England on World Day for Laboratory Animals. Despite ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part ...