Engineered skin imitations containing living human cells have shown promising results in early testing, which paves the way for eliminating animal use in cosmetic and pharmaceutical testing.

Growing cells in the laboratory is an art that humans have mastered decades ago. Recreating entire three-dimensional tissues is much more challenging. Researchers are developing a new hydrogel-based ...

French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or ...

In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in the hairy hides of animals like deer or boar to act […] ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In the Middle Ages, animal skins were the material of choice, but these covers were made from something these researchers had never seen before. ELODIE LEVEQUE ...

The world-famous mathematician Alan Turing found a possible mechanism for iconic animal patterns thanks to differential ...

Andrea Smith | Portland, Oregon Drums may have been among the earliest human-made musical instruments, but they were likely made of animal skins and wood, which do not preserve very well.

The Dead Sea Scrolls—comprising more than 800 documents made of animal skin, papyrus and even forged copper—deepened our understanding of the Bible and shed light on the histories of Judaism ...

For more than a decade, PETA has urged executives at LVMH, the parent company of fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and Dior, which use real fur and exotic animal skins, to swap to ...