A combination of public opposition, intense regulations, and rising costs in the EU make conditions in China and elsewhere attractive for studying monkeys.

Scientists have engineered swine that pollute less, fend off disease, and produce more meat, but you won’t find them outside experimental farms . . . yet.

Changsheng is found to have forged records for a rabies vaccine and is accused of distributing thousands of substandard DPT immunizations to be used in children.

The list of imports subject to additional taxes include products used in research, but the effect of the trade dispute is still unclear.

The now-extinct gibbon was buried with the grandmother of China’s first emperor and her many pets.

They may be a prospective source for an influenza pandemic, researchers warn.  

Austrian-American botanist Joseph Rock collected thousands of plant samples in his 27 years in the Middle Kingdom, leaving after the Communist Party’s takeover.

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.

The Chinese giant salamander is not one but five different species.