Animal testing has shaped medicine for decades. Discover new alternatives, changing laws, and the future of humane science.

“Organic” and “natural” are terms that initially sound good–and are associated with natural and cruelty-free ingredients in cosmetics. However, when it comes to animal protection, consumers have no ...

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 ...

April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, which always has meant a lot to me personally — and now as a Virginia senator, legislatively. As an activist in the 1980s, I became passionate about ...

The sale of cosmetics developed using animal testing would be banned in Pennsylvania beginning in 2027, under legislation approved by the state Senate on Wednesday. Senate Bill 381, dubbed the Beagle ...

Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development. Earlier this week, the UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out ...

A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars. “Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post ...

Other countries, like the U.K, the United States and the European Union have all dedicated funding and detailed roadmaps to ...