Pigs that are aged zero-six months old are unable to reproduce, and so eat, sleep, and play without doing anything else. Once ...

Half-boar, half-pig hybrids that reproduce incredibly quickly are making their way south towards the Canada-U.S. border.

And they reproduce quickly. A sow can have six piglets in a litter and raise two litters in a year. That means 65% or more of a wild pig population could be killed every year and it will still ...

About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is ...

The wild pigs can spread diseases to hog farms like African swine fever, as the animals reproduce quickly. AP But the situation isn’t hopeless everywhere and a few US states have eliminated them.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Pigs have three litters a year and can have between eight and 11 piglets in a litter. “Even if you had five feral pigs and we have more than five feral pigs out there reproducing, ...

Pigs have an impressive breeding rate—some research suggests that up to 75% of the population needs to be eliminated to effectively eradicate it, thanks to how good they are at reproducing—and ...

Huge feral hogs invading Canada, building ‘pigloos’ as they go. Feral swine, the offspring of wild boars and domestic pigs, are spreading through Canada into areas where many didn’t think ...

Magidson, who owns the Ross Mill Farms boarding center for pigs as well as the Pig Placement Network, applauded Delaware for trying to regulate the potbellied population and its owners. If the pigs ...

About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is ...