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

For generations, laboratory mice have lived and died under fluorescent lights, their world reduced to plastic cages and ...

According to researchers, the goal of the experiment is to create organs that might be viable for humans.

FORT WORTH, Texas — A national animal rights group is alleging violations of the Animal Welfare Act by a research organization contracted by University of North Texas Health Science Center led to the ...

Kaplan is the author of “Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research.” We woke in Boston before daybreak as usual, and Hammy — my beagle, who was once a lab dog ...

Researchers found that lab mice that were released into a large, enclosed field were almost immediately less anxious.

The state Senate is one vote away from approving legislation to crack down on the use of dogs and cats for painful lab experiments. Senate Bill 381, dubbed the Beagle Bill by lawmakers, was inspired ...

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 ...