What can knowing the sequence of all the DNA in pigs tell us about human diseases? Plenty, says Lawrence Schook. He heads an international consortium to sequence the pig genome that is announcing its ...

“While most wild boars are naturally aggressive, some are more friendly and less afraid of people, which are the ones that may live alongside humans,” Jiajing Wang, a study co-author and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Today’s pigs in China have a pedigree dating back at least 8,000 years ...

When the market collapsed, the "super pigs" escaped and began to spread rapidly across the country. The pigs may be invading the US, where feral pigs already pose environmental problems in the South.

Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication events that occurred independently in East Asia and the Near East, beginning ...

A new study found there's high potential for Canadian super pigs, a cross between a wild boar and domestic pig, to invade the US in four states.

While African swine fever virus studies have focused on pigs, little is known about the immune response of African red river ...

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FLAGSTAFF, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – Humans are not the only victims of the Tunnel Fire burning near Flagstaff. Animals are affected, too. Firefighter Erik Jackson and his crew came across one of them – a ...