On an October day in 2015, ecologist Meredith Root-Bernstein was watching a family of rare pigs at a Parisian zoo when something caught her eye. Intrigued, the scientist returned to the menagerie at ...

A man who lived with a genetically modified pig kidney for a record 271 days had the organ removed and will return to dialysis. Tim Andrews of New Hampshire received the transplant in January, but ...

Swarms of wild pigs in California developed blue flesh after ingesting pesticides containing rat poison — and officials warned other common game animals may also be infected. The feral hogs in ...

It's not every day that you walk outside to be greeted by pigs, that's exactly what Caitlin Nizam and her husband found earlier this week in their Wake Forest yard. “They hung out for a while, and ...

"Teacup" pigs are not a recognised breed in Australia but are being advertised and sold to buyers, often growing larger than expected. A northern NSW pig sanctuary owner says people frequently ...

Weighing up to 200 pounds, California’s wild pigs live in 56 out of 58 counties. These hybrid creatures — part domesticated pig, part wild boar — have been wreaking havoc throughout the state for the ...

Pigs whose DNA makes them resistant to a virus could be the first big consumer product using gene editing. Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty ...

Haitian farmers bring their Creole pigs for evaluation and extermination in a field in Haiti, in 1982. The WLRN film The Creole Pig tells the forgotten story of the Creole pig in Haiti and why it ...

ABC News visits scientists raising pigs with genetically modified organs. There are more than 100,000 people currently waiting for an organ transplant and it’s estimated that another person is added ...

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"Oink oink?" "Yes, of course." Communication with pigs may soon be possible as scientists say they have developed an AI tool that can interpret what the animals are saying. While it's not quite Doctor ...

VIPPEROD, Denmark, Oct 24 (Reuters) - European scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm capable of interpreting pig sounds, aiming to create a tool that can help farmers ...