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 ...

Pigs, also called swine or hogs, will famously eat anything. They’re hyper-intelligent for livestock, and spend their lives focused on one thing: food. Domestic pigs are even-toed, omnivorous, ...

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 ...

Albuquerque police temporarily blocked traffic along an interstate in order to chase, corner and capture a runaway domesticated pig.

Before humans can benefit from new drug therapies and nutritional additives, scientists test their safety and efficacy in animals, typically mice and rats. But, as much as they've done for biomedical ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate "super pigs" in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking ...

Albuquerque police on Tuesday detained an unusual suspect — a domesticated pig — following a chase alongside Interstate 40.