Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests ...

Interestingly, scientists have been up to some weird stuff over the years, and thanks to them, people can now buy a ...

Animal testing, long used in science, is considered outdated, cruel and unnecessary. Every year, millions of animals are subjected to painful experiments in laboratories, often resulting in permanent ...

Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...

Life-extending treatments may create inequality in lifespan, allowing some animals to live longer lives while others gain no benefit.

Understanding biological relationships is often critical when studying animal populations. Researchers have now developed a transformative approach that identifies stretches of DNA that two ...

Domesticated animals play a prominent role in our society, with two-thirds of American families enjoying the companionship of pets and many others relying on animal products for their nutritional ...

Hammerhead worms are invasive flatworms that reproduce by cloning themselves through fragmentation. With little genetic diversity but powerful regenerative abilities and even neurotoxins, these ...

The study provides a comprehensive behavioral dataset of Drosophila melanogaster, categorized by genetic background, sex, and social context (isolated or in groups). Beyond enabling detailed analyses ...

Racoon dogs are implicated as one of the potential animals that could have been the source of Covid A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected ...