According to the AP, the pigs are exceptionally hard to eradicate. They're a crossbreed of American and Eurasian hogs — resulting in a sort of "super pig". Residents of the northern US may soon have ...

In the wake of World War II, the rise of industrial agriculture fundamentally changed the world of meat production.

More than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a new heart, kidney or some other organ. Many will die waiting. Some scientists see new hope for these people in organs from pigs that ...

An experimental pain-relieving drug delivery method for farm animals using microneedle patches may not have delivered an ...

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If a pig embryo infused with human cells truly became something close enough to count as a member of the human species, then ...

Hordes of "super pigs" are running amok in Canada, and may soon spill across the border into the northern U.S. These wild feral pigs, which roam Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada, are ...

HELENA, Mont. — Data from the Department of Agriculture shows feral swine have yet to make their way into Montana, but that doesn’t mean the state is letting its guard down. That’s why the Montana ...

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 ...

An invasive species of Canadian wild hogs is threatening to spread into the US. According to the AP, the pigs are exceptionally hard to eradicate. They're a crossbreed of American and Eurasian hogs — ...