The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive world of animal research.

A longtime donor who has given more than $160 million to Tulane University is the new namesake of the university’s expanding school of public health.

President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration’s “moonshot” initiative aiming to dramatically reduce cancer deaths.

Nineteen-month-old Elijah Jack is unable to walk like most toddlers his age.

The Oct. 7 Hamas raid on Israel — and Israel's response — have led to demonstrations on college campuses that have sometimes turned violent.

Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.

Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood.

Kyler Edwards had 20 points with six 3-pointers and 18th-ranked Houston advanced to its fourth consecutive American Athletic Conference championship game with an 86-66 semifinal win over Tulane.

A civil rights attorney who fought to desegregate Southern schools in the 1960s and was pushed out of his University of Mississippi teaching job amid uproar over his work on behalf of Black clients has died.

Starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Tulane University in New Orleans will be closed. For those who can’t leave on their own, the school is evacuating the remaining students to Houston.