Communications & media

COVID-19 research exposes activists' lack of evidence

High public acceptance of animal research to find treatments for COVID-19

Why we need more women in labs

I wail, you wail, we all wail for whale day

Chair of UAR Council, Jeremy Pearson, awarded MBE

EU-wide animals in research statistics for 2017 released

2019 Openness Awards and Paget Lecture

Introducing the 2019 Paget Lecturer

Northern Ireland Animal Research Numbers, 2018

Why do bats have such a bad reputation?

2019 Nobel Prize: sensing and adapting to oxygen

The 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr. , Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability”.

Our Favourite Posts From the Last 10 Years

This is the fifth article in our 2019 series reviewing achievements during the first ten years of UAR. Richard Scrase, Head on Online Communication, looks back at some of UAR's favourite outputs.

Animal Research Numbers in 2018

Latest figures show fewer animals used in research in 2018. Number of procedures on animals has decreased by 7% to 3.52 million. Mice, fish, rats, and birds account for over 97% of all procedures.

Top Ten Organisations for Animal Research in 2018 Announced

Ten organisations account for nearly half of all animal research in Great Britain. Universities are among the largest users of animals in research in Great Britain. All ten organisations have signed up to Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK.

Celebrities impact public view of animal research

A recent trend amongst some well-known celebrities has been the spread of pseudoscience and anti-animal research sentiments on social media.