Frogs have been used in animal tests throughout the history of biomedical science. Eighteenth-century biologist Luigi Galvani discovered the link between...

immunological pregnancy tests were developed in the 1960s, women relied on urine-based pregnancy tests using animals, ranging from mice to frogs. Advancements in...

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of animals, as model organisms, in experiments...

open field test (OFT) is an experimental test used to assay general locomotor activity levels, anxiety, and willingness to explore in animals (usually rodents)...

refinement, reduction) and animal welfare when conducting animal testing on non-human primates. A 2013 amendment to the German Animal Welfare Act, with special...

friggin’ frogs gay" as part of a "chemical warfare operation" to increase homosexuality and suppress birth rates. Certain species of frogs however, can...

The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins. It is classified as type 402, the animal bride, in the Aarne–Thompson...

Alternatives to animal testing are the development and implementation of test methods that avoid the use of live animals. There is widespread agreement...

Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of cosmetic products for use by humans....

strategy for frogs and other ectotherms, and is necessary for survival in the wild. A frog that is gradually heated will jump out. Furthermore, a frog placed...

frogs have been frequently sold as pets, and are sometimes misidentified as African dwarf frogs. Albino clawed frogs are common and sold as animals for...

Spain who also practiced dissection, introduced animal testing as an experimental method of testing surgical procedures before applying them to human...

invertebrates include studies on social behavior. Animal testing on non-human primates Animal testing on rodents Testing cosmetics on animals Pain in invertebrates...

quantitative rodent behavioral testing began in the late 19th century. Currently, rodents are commonly used in animal testing for physiological, pathological...

The explosion of animals is an uncommon event arising from natural causes or human activity. Among the best known examples are the post-mortem explosion...

clawed frog, and yielded results without the need to cut the animal open. Modern pregnancy tests continue to operate on the basis of testing for the...

frogs had electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes implanted in their thoracic cavities and microelectrodes implanted in their vestibular nerves. The frogs...

SPEAK (formerly known as SPEAK campaign) is a British animal rights group working to end animal testing in the UK. In the early 2000s, SPEAC (Stop Primate...

a second trial is performed that lasts 5 minutes. The time that the test animal spends in the second trial without making any movements beyond those...

most specifically animal testing on non-human primates as well as on beagles. It has also been criticized for its laboratory animal sources. In 2022,...

Free International is a British animal rights and advocacy group that campaigns for the abolition of all animal testing. It organises certification of...

portal Alternatives to animal testing Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing Pain and suffering in laboratory animals Animal testing regulations "Philanthropic...

Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC) is Europe's largest primate animal testing research centre. It is a scientific research institute that performs...

Animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight, before human spaceflights were attempted. Later, many species were flown to...

Adult frogs have a stout body, protruding eyes, anteriorly-attached tongue, limbs folded underneath, and no tail (the "tail" of tailed frogs is an extension...

Animal testing regulations are guidelines that permit and control the use of non-human animals for scientific experimentation. They vary greatly around...

a flying frog. The species he observed was later described by George Albert Boulenger as Rhacophorus nigropalmatus. Flying or gliding frogs includes members...

paradigms for assessment of psychedelic-like effects in animals, with the other most notable test being drug discrimination. However, the HTR is far less...

(parodos), where the chorus, a group of frogs, exasperate Dionysus in song. A defining work of Old Comedy, The Frogs contains a mix of irreverent humour and...

The conditioned avoidance response (CAR) test, also known as the active avoidance test, is an animal test used to identify drugs with antipsychotic-like...