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

“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 ...

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

Learn how boar populations in Fukushima’s evacuation zone are evolving rapidly after mating with abandoned domesticated pigs.

Albuquerque police chased down and detained a domesticated pig along Interstate 40 after it bolted up an off ramp, prompting officers to briefly block traffic. Animal Welfare officials say the pig, ...

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 ...