Spending time with animals brings many health benefits. But our furry companions can also help us recover and heal from ...

When animals are used in a biomedical research activity that may result in more than mild or momentary pain or distress, humanity, federal regulations and common sense direct us to use the least ...

Natalie Lawrence uncovers fascinating other-worldly natural history, creatures that embody our anxieties and our irrational ...

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life ...

In 2023, 253,341 laboratory animals were used at the Max Planck Institutes. This figure includes 95,715 animals that were used to obtain organ or tissue samples and were not exposed to any stress ...

Our animals are cared for by a dedicated team of highly trained staff Animals are used in medical research to study illnesses ranging from heart disease, stroke, cancer, respiratory diseases such as ...

There is more to treating animals in an appropriate way than keeping them healthy: It's possible (and used to be common) for zoos to keep animals in perfect physical shape, but in conditions that ...

This page contains information on why and how laboratory animals are used at the University of Helsinki. Appropriately monitored and regulated animal experiments have been and still are necessary for ...