UMass Amherst announced the closure of its controversial monkey testing lab on Thursday due to federal funding cuts. According to the Lacreuse Lab, led by Dr. Agnes Lacreuse, the researchers have been ...

Can an animal species that appears to be abundant also be endangered? That’s one of the riddles in the heated debate over whether the long-tailed macaque—the lab monkey most commonly used in drug ...

Can Big Pharma produce the medicines and treatments America needs without the long-tailed macaque? It's not a rhetorical question. The go-to lab monkey for the $586 billion biopharmaceutical industry ...

EVERETT — Altasciences, an animal testing lab in south Everett, was cited by federal regulators for injuring a monkey that hit the floor after being repeatedly tossed into the air. The Canadian firm ...