In a letter sent Monday to Massachusetts lawmakers, actor Casey Affleck is urging a bill that would prohibit the separation of baby monkeys from their mothers for laboratory experiments, a practice ...

The bill was presented by Senators Joan Lovely with Mike Moore and Mike Brady and would prohibit the removal of infant primates from their mothers for the first year of their lives. By Chris Gardner ...

After years of fighting over the use of animals for research, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have settled a 2022 public records lawsuit.