The debate has historically pit animal welfare advocates against biomedical researchers who argue that suspending animal experimentation would hold back scientific progress and cost human lives.

Lab rats no more. By ERIN SCHUMAKER . 04/30/2025 02:00 PM EDT. THE LAB. A new NIH initiative aims to push the research agency to move away from animal testing and embrace alternative testing ...

A new book offers a valuable discussion of the double bind in which many researchers and lab technicians find themselves: having to care for animals who will then be killed.

Members of Congress exploded Thursday over reports that taxpayer money has paid for experiments using "transgender lab rats," saying it was time to shut down the government's animal-testing industry.

The rise of AI promises a lot of big changes, and one of them is going to be warmly welcomed by mice, rats and zebrafish. The Food and Drug Administration wants to replace animal testing with ...

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has found no ...

The National Institute of Health quietly cut over $1 million in federally funded research evaluating if rats going through hormone therapy were more likely to overdose on a popular party drug.

In neuroscientist Kelly Lambert's lab at the University of Richmond, rats hop into cars, rev their engines and skid across the floor of an arena. Researchers taught these tiny rodents to drive ...

A robotic rat learned how to befriend real rats using AI. The wheeled rat was designed to provide companionship for lab rats, which can live pretty secluded and lonely lives.

The U.S. government is the world’s foremost underwriter of animal experimentation, accounting for two-thirds of animal research funding worldwide, according to Goodman.