Find out how the UK is leading the way in replacing animals in science with strategies that promote non-animal research methods.

The UK government’s new animal welfare strategy takes aim at the live boiling of crabs and other decapods, but will there really be a ban?

The UK government has lifted its ban which stopped animal testing for cosmetic products – and have been accused of being less than transparent about it all. Animal testing for make-up was originally ...

The world is full of brilliant creatures, many of whom are smarter than us. One of them is the octopus. This creature can open doors, release itself from jars, turn on lights, and manage to control ...

Andrew Shephard, 58, threw the animals into the river from Twickenham Bridge in west London in November last year after he took them to be rehomed. He pleaded guilty to three counts of causing ...

A new animal welfare bill moving through UK parliament will now include crabs, octopuses, and lobsters after an independent research review concluded decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs should ...

While anybody who’s ever had a pet knows that animals are sentient beings, the U.K. government is legally recognizing animal sentience for the first time. The new laws are a victory for animals and ...

Ethicists say the UK’s embrace of gene-edited food must not be used to prolong or worsen existing animal welfare problems in farming, such as using greater disease resistance as an excuse to crowd ...