Until five years ago, members of the General Assembly were unaware of a dog factory farm that had operated in Cumberland County since the 1960s. When PETA’s undercover investigation exposed the ...

Testing of drugs and treatments on animals long has been controversial because it's inevitably cruel, causing pain and often death to innocent creatures. But these procedures save human lives, not ...

Kathy Guillermo, PETA’s senior vice president, called the potential shift a major step forward for both public health and ...

This is one of two op-eds published today on the question of whether to close OHSU’s National Primate Research Center. To read the op-ed by OHSU’s chief research officer and the research center ...

Metformin is the main first-line drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but a new study on monkeys suggests it could one day be used to slow brain aging, too. But metformin's anti-aging effects were yet ...

A government watchdog is celebrating the fact that a federal toxicology lab near Pine Bluff is currently bereft of monkeys. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it could just be a temporary ...

As a proud University of Washington alumnus, I was shocked to learn that the UW operates a primate research lab. I am vehemently opposed to this. Intentionally breeding, genetically modifying and ...

Many medical advancements have come at the cost of rodent lives, and that's largely due to some rather surprising similarities between mice and humans.

The Yerkes National Primate Research Center was shrouded in mystery during its operation and generated urban legends. An unassuming office complex off of Kingsley Avenue housed the Yerkes National ...