In her new book, Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts, science journalist Emily Anthes talks about how the landscape of bioengineering has expanded since Dolly the Sheep was ...

It wasn't looking good for Major. The terrier had been badly attacked by another dog, and his back leg was severely injured. To make matters worse, a record-breaking snowstorm had made it impossible ...

I want to thank The Chronicle for its ongoing and balanced coverage of the debate about the use of animals in university laboratories. Your piece about the use of an undercover activist to document ...

A worsening shortage of non-human primates and an inadequate government response threatens to undermine biomedical research in the U.S. and hamper the ability to respond to public health emergencies, ...

Imagine if you will the following experiment. Two monkeys, an actor and a receiver, are placed in adjacent rooms. The actor can see the receiver through a one-way mirror. Every time the actor presses ...

The use of agricultural animals in biomedical research is increasing. Their overall size and metabolic rate, organ size, longer gestation period, and other physiological similarities make them good ...