We need to look at every government agency that either uses animals or is responsible for animal control to determine if low cost alternatives are available for research experiments or population control.

BRUSSELS -- The European Union banned the sale of new cosmetic products containing ingredients tested on animals with immediate effect Monday. "This ...

"What are the alternatives to using animals in medical research?" This is a legitimate question I am often asked, and now, due to scientific innovatio...

From Mother Nature Network's Starre Vartan: The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments has something to celebrate this winter; after years (2...

Animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said in a press release Monday that United Airlines would no longer ship monkey...

Free the Animals tells the riveting, real-life story of the people who put on disguises, use fake IDs, or jimmy their way into laboratories in order to carry out the daring rescues of animals used in experiments and of the insiders, the whistleblowers, who risk their jobs to help them.

How far would you go to protest animal testing in cosmetics and other consumer products? A performance artist in London recently agreed to undergo pro...

From Mother Nature Network's Michael d'Estries: Just over a year ago, Woody Harrelson sent a letter on behalf of PETA urging officials at the Natio...

From MNN blogger Starre Vartan: Seems like 2012 is already the year of repeats; debates long-considered settled are rearing their contentious heads...

Komen does women a disservice by continuing to channel funds into animal tests, while other cancer charities have moved on from such old-fashioned abominations or never engaged in them to begin with.

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

Forty male beagles raised inside a lab in Spain arrived in Los Angeles last week where they will be put up for adoption after being freed from captivi...

If this doesn't make your eyes mist up a little, there might be something wrong with you. RTL, a German television station, provided this tearjerk...

Instead of presuming that animals feel nothing, and that experiences such as fear and pain are innately human, why don't we err on the side of caution and assume that animals do feel something.