Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

A study has again concluded that the possibility of the coronavirus leaking from a laboratory is low. The research suggests that COVID-19 was a virus commonly found in animal hosts before spreading to ...

The use of fibre-optic drones in frontline areas is leaving debris in fields that can become traps for animals and birds and ...

Most pandemic viruses that have jumped from animals to humans do not show signs of special adaptations to infect people, except the 1977 influenza outbreak, which was likely “sparked by a laboratory ...

The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has transformed the study of ticks and how they transmit disease. The novel, ...

Protected natural areas across Europe are changing. Climate change, with rising temperatures and heavy rainfall, is ...

There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after ...

The claim originated from reports published by the conservative-led nonprofit White Coat Waste, which aims to end animal ...

Learn how scientists identified genetic clues that distinguish natural viral spillovers from lab-handled viruses — and why ...