A House committee will hold a hearing this week scrutinizing whether National Institutes of Health animal research amounts to unnecessary animal cruelty, just as the Department of Government ...

Members of Congress exploded Thursday over reports that taxpayer money has paid for experiments using “transgender lab rats,” saying it was time to shut down the government’s animal-testing industry.

Each year on April 24, scientists, advocates, and policymakers around the world mark World Day for Laboratory Animals—a ...

Six years ago, Mallory Cormier adopted a three-month-old New Zealand white rabbit with ears as long as celery stalks and a mohawk-like cowlick on his forehead. Cormier named him Chickpea, and when she ...

A robotic rat learned how to befriend real rats using AI. The wheeled rat was designed to provide companionship for lab rats, which can live pretty secluded and lonely lives. The robots have movements ...

Millersville University's Psychology Department is looking to find adoptive homes for 16 female lab rats, the Lancaster County school said Monday. The rats were part of a behavioral study in the ...

If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Looking for a furry friend? The Department of Psychology at Millersville University has 16 female rats up for adoption. The rodents were subjects in behavioral studies during ...

Rats are fascinating study subjects because of their unique status in the scientific community and laboratory environment! They aren’t just good at solving mazes, they can comprehend complex concepts ...

If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...