When scientists opened the doors of a research facility and let carefully bred lab mice loose into a fenced field, they ...

When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...

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

Kevin Vezirian received funding from a 2018 MENRT ministerial scholarship as part of the preparation of his thesis. Laurent Bègue-Shankland is a member of the advisory and reflection council of the 3R ...

In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal testing in biomedical research. Central to these ...

A Seton Hall University faculty member and staff in a campus research lab left about 76 mice unattended for up to 17 days at a time, and the university had no choice but to euthanize the animals, ...

Physically and behaviorally, few creatures have been measured, tested, and probed as much as the laboratory mouse. Yet what do scientists know about making mice happy or free of pain? Often, the ...

Research facilities in Michigan that would otherwise euthanize dogs or cats once testing was completed would be required to offer the animals up for adoption first, under a bill reintroduced in the ...

A former animal testing laboratory is being turned into an animal sanctuary. Freedom Fields, a 30-acre property in Nowata, Oklahoma, is the realization of a lifelong dream for animal rights attorney ...

What are laboratory animal allergies and occupational asthma? Laboratory animal allergies (LAA) and occupational asthma (OA) are immune system reactions which develop from exposure to animal allergens ...