animal research

The year’s most impressive achievements include ecology research via drone, mice with two dads, and the use of artificial intelligence to identify and monitor cancer cells.

Robert Wilkie, head of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, defends controversial research practices that have been heavily criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

The university is carrying out a review of animal handling in the now-closed lab of neuropsychologist Vedran Lovic.

A report finds a decline in the number of experiments involving animals in 2017, noting a particular decrease in procedures on dogs and primates.

Nearly 600 signatories, including four Nobel Prize winners, urge openness about animal experiments.

The IoT can link up many facets of research—from laboratory equipment to ideas—but scientists must be ready for the questions its implementation could raise.

A pilot program announced last month will consider combining announced and surprise inspections.

Applications for Phase 1 and 2 human studies in Germany frequently lack sufficient information about an intervention’s efficacy in animal experiments, according to a new study.  

The findings highlight the need for long-term monitoring of children exposed to the virus, say scientists. 

In 2017, the agency began posting redacted records, but Congress is now demanding full transparency.

Scientists and others have been opening their homes to research animals after the studies conclude, with legislation in some states now mandating adoption.

Including as few as two labs in a study improved the odds of getting the true effect size by as much as 23 percentage points, according to a replication model.

The BMJ inquiry finds that researchers presented only select results from animal experiments when applying for funding and approval for human trials.

The primatologist had written to the agency that the trial, which involved observing the effects of nicotine addiction in squirrel monkeys, was “cruel and unnecessary.”

In a case of acoustic deception, caterpillars mimic bird alarm calls to defend themselves.

The genomes of two species of water bears reveal clues about how they persist in extreme conditions, yet don’t resolve the animals’ debated evolutionary story.

Experiments involving animals dropped by more than 200,000, or 5 percent, in 2016.

Prey stick to orb-weaver spider webs because their waxy outer layers mesh with spider silk to form a matrix glue.

The domination of model organisms and charismatic megafauna in the literature is a disservice to the life sciences.