A screaming monkey grips its cage’s bars. Another primate appears distressed as it is being supervised by a lab worker.

For decades, animals have been used in scientific and medical research. Naturally, some supported research on animals, while others wanted nothing more than to set the animals free. For those in the ...

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the National Institute of Mental Health, saying it has a right to hear and see rhesus ...

It was just pure luck that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals‘ protesting monkey ran into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington this month. But Kennedy ...

U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to end the use of primates in federally funded research, a wish that could have dramatic consequences for S.C.’s famous “Monkey Island” and ...