Animal Experiments

How Much Space Should Lab Animals Receive?

Posted 01.17.2012

From Russell McLendon and Mother Nature Network: Laboratory animals have done a lot for humanity over the years, helping us find treatments and cur...

PHOTOS: Animal Experiments You Won't Believe

Posted 01.05.2012

From caffeinated spiders to glow-in-the-dark beagles, animal experiments have taken a number of unusual forms. Some have been blatantly unethical, oth...

Experiments on Chimpanzees Are a Dirty Toilet

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 10.22.2011

Ingrid Newkirk

Finally, the chimpanzees' moment is approaching. Get ready for celebratory pant hoots from the general direction of Dr. Jane Goodall.

Alien Nation

Ari Solomon | Posted 10.16.2011

Ari Solomon

As a nation, we're obsessed with aliens -- and I'm not just talking about the anti-immigrant rants of the GOP. I'm talking about the insect-like, nast...

New Rules For Animal-Human Experiments Urged

Posted 09.24.2011

Scientific experiments that insert human genes or cells into animals need new rules to ensure they are ethically acceptable and do not lead to the...

Writing Half Brother: Love, Control, And Talking Animals

Kenneth Oppel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kenneth Oppel

Imagine, as a teenager, being told to treat a chimp like a baby brother, while never forgetting that it was also a lab specimen.