Hardy and adaptable, domestic pigs could survive long voyages and reproduce quickly, making them ideal livestock for early ...

Radioactive pig-boar hybrids are thriving in Fukushima after nuclear disaster – now scientists know why - Domestic pig genes ...

A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when ...

Domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the nuclear disaster offer lessons in wildlife genetics and invasive species management.

So-called super pigs are feral hogs shaped by hybrid genetics, rapid reproduction, and extreme adaptability. Research shows ...

A Japanese study reveals that pig-boar hybrids in Fukushima retain domestic pigs' ability to reproduce year-round, leading to a population explosion after the 2011 nuclear accident.

Invasive species are imported as livestock, pets and attractions in zoos. Some hitch rides on plants, on the bottom of a boot, in the ballast of ships. Then they wreak havoc. Here's how we're ...

In the ghost towns surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, a ...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami decimated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant along the coast. The massive ecological ...

More than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear accident forced a mass evacuation, the region remains a ghost town for humans. But when humans go away, wildlife comes right back in. Among the most ...

Hybridization between domestic animals and wildlife is a growing concern worldwide, particularly as feral pigs and wild boar ...