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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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

Stem Pharm, a Madison biotech startup, is using lab-created 3D "organoids" to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In April, the FDA and NIH announced plans to incentivize so-called "new ...

During an interview with a cosmetic chemist, I was shocked when they told me that "cruelty-free is just a marketing tactic; animal testing does not exist in the industry anymore." They did cite ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

A major operation to rescue dogs from an overseas animal testing center came to an end with dozens of rescued beagles experiencing freedom for the first time. The Beagle Freedom Project helps to ...

Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical ...

Unfortunately we still live in a world where unimaginably cruel things happen every day. This time it’s animal testing, of which Otis was a part for a year. Luckily, Otis was rescued and after moving ...

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 ...