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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of how animals are treated during testing. The skulls of living cats are drilled with holes to screw metal strainer posts into their heads, ...

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

Times, and technologies, are changing. With growing momentum in the movement to stop harmful animal testing and major advancements in alternative research methods, it’s time to right the wrongs of the ...

Some warn it could limit the EPA's understanding of how chemicals affect humans. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of animal testing to determine whether chemicals ...

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