In the latest research, led by experts at UT Southwestern, biologist Jun Wu identified a mouse cell protein named MAVS, which ...

Every year on December 14th, World Monkey Day serves as a reason to celebrate these amazing animals. This year, we’re ...

Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...

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.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine applauds the Food and Drug Administration’s newly released draft guidance, ...

It’s a historic first but will it be enough? It promises that by the end of next year, no more animals will have their sensitive eyes damaged by chemicals in eye irritation tests, and no animals will ...

This story is part of a collaboration with The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. A federal health agency that has promised to scale back its animal research has drawn the attention of ...

Mood can reverse how humans judge dog emotions. Positive moods may make dogs look sadder, while negative moods can make them ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

I’m a wildlife veterinarian specializing in monkeys, so I know there are ways to prevent the recent incident in Mississippi ...

Long before humans ever set foot beyond Earth’s atmosphere, animals were sent into space to test the effects of microgravity, ...