The push to abandon animal testing is gaining momentum, driven by the realization that it is costly, unreliable and ...

The shift is part of a government-wide effort to phase out the use of live animals in federally sponsored tests, studies and ...

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of how animals are treated during testing. The skulls of living cats are drilled with holes to screw metal strainer posts into their heads, ...

For thousands of years, humans have studied animals’ bodies to better understand our own. But using other animals as a proxy for humans is far from perfect. There are ethical issues for one, and they ...

There are a lot of hot-button questions when it comes to the ethics of scientific research, but the perennial issue of animal testing seems to incite fever-pitched anger on both side of the debate.

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of mammals to test the toxicity of chemicals, a move backed by animal rights groups but criticized ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its new 2025 Guidelines on the replacement or removal of animal tests for the quality control of biological products.

Central Park’s carriage-horse drivers have said “neigh” to allowing the city to test their animals for drugs, injuries and ...

Thirty-two beagles that were released to the Michigan Humane Society are on their way to finding new homes Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has ...