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

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

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

The FDA’s emerging framework represents more than a regulatory update; it is a paradigm shift toward human-relevant, science-forward drug development. By reducing reliance on animal models and ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists at L’Oréal have developed a faster and more reliable method for identifying cosmetic allergens using an advanced ...