Is pet insurance worth it? What vets and pet owners want you to know

While pet insurance can offer financial protection, policies vary widely and don’t always cover what owners expect.
Honolulu Star-AdvertiserOpinion

Column: Time to stop cruel animal testing

If you are like most people, you probably think animal testing has already been outlawed. With so many companies marketing ...
Indian Defence Review

A Stray Dog Mated With a Wild Wolf in Greece, Creating a Rare Hybrid Confirmed by DNA

A wolf-dog hybrid has been genetically confirmed in northern Greece after wildlife researchers discovered an individual ...
Scientific American

A scientist deciphered zebra finches’ vocabulary—and used it to talk back to them

Julie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years. Now, she has won the Coller-Dolittle Prize for progress ...
Opinion

What it Takes to Make Less Toxic Performance Wear

How do you rewrite the formula your sector has relied upon for decades? That’s the question a group of innovators is asking as they try to remove the toxicity from performance wear.
The Hill

NIH launches new office to reduce animal research testing

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Monday announced the launch of a new office aimed at reducing the use of animal-based research testing and boosting the use of testing methods that “better ...

FDA greenlights sunscreen chemical long popular in Asia and Europe

The FDA has approved the sunscreen chemical bemotrizinol, a UV light filter that has been available in Europe, Asia, and Australia for more than 20 years. Health advocates and skin care industry ...
STAT

Ending animal testing could set back xenotransplantation just as the field is poised for a breakthrough

Mezrich is professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin and holds the Mark A. Fischer Chair in Transplantation. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeks to end all federally funded animal ...
E&E

Zeldin revives push to phase out animal testing

Scientists say the agency’s updated approach may be a step toward replacing expensive animal tests with cheaper — but more limited — lab experiments. EPA updated its list of alternative test methods ...
RAPS

EU publishes roadmap to reduce reliance on animal testing

The European Commission has adopted a roadmap to phase out the use of animals in chemical safety assessments, including for pharmaceuticals. The plan, published on 1 June, describes how animal testing ...
BioSpace

FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Cut Unnecessary Animal Testing for Cancer Drugs

Silver Spring, Md., May 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a draft guidance to reduce unnecessary animal testing in nonclinical safety assessments for ...
RAPS

FDA oncology draft guidance aims to reduce animal testing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed guidance to reduce the need for animal testing in the development of oncology drugs as part of its broader efforts to reduce animal testing in ...