Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By now, most of you have seen little Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who stole the hearts of animal lovers around the world. But ...

More than 380 researchers signed a Feb. 8 letter asking the National Institutes of Health to stop funding nonhuman primate experiments at Harvard Medical School. The letter opposes research with ...

A lawsuit filed Monday by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals aims to compel the University of Massachusetts Amherst to release videos and other records of experiments conducted on marmosets ...

UMass Amherst announced the closure of its controversial monkey testing lab on Thursday due to federal funding cuts. According to the Lacreuse Lab, led by Dr. Agnes Lacreuse, the researchers have been ...

Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. The experiment started by chance. In 2008, summer lightning storms ...

One of us is a Republican from New York City. One is a Democrat from Las Vegas. The third is an actress and animal welfare advocate. We do not agree on everything, but we agree on this: It is time to ...