The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced two new testing procedures on Thursday to evaluate chemical and pesticide safety without using live animals. The policy shift introduces non-animal ...

A National Primate Research Center's choice to move toward developing nonanimal alternatives has led some researchers to ...

The methods predict the lung irritant risk of surfactants and oral toxicity of some pesticides but shouldn’t completely ...

About two million animals were used or killed for research purposes in 2024. That is fewer than in previous years, but still ...

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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 ...

For many years, the European Union has pursued a policy aimed at the replacement, reduction and refinement of animal testing ...

Researchers examine how the use of animal testing to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the EU can be reduced. Although it is, in principle, possible to identify such substances without using ...

People marching while holding a sign that says “End animal experiments!", with people holding other signs in the background. A demonstration in England on World Day for Laboratory Animals. Despite ...

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, ...