NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The use of animals in science research has a long-storied history of success; almost every modern-day medical drug or treatment was either first developed or discovered through the use of animals.

The Daily has recently published articles addressing the NIH plan to phase out animal testing and an opinion piece criticizing the use of animals in research. As veterinarians dedicated to protecting ...

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him. The animal ...

Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized. By Emily Anthes On April 1, the Trump administration’s ...

Surekha Davies is a historian of science and the author of Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human. She is currently based in the Netherlands. It’s an enduring myth that the development ...