Domestic pigs reproduce through a breeding process that is closely managed on farms around the world. During mating, a male pig, known as a boar, mounts the female, called a sow, in a behavior driven ...

March 1, 2026 is National Pig Day, celebrating an animal that more often than not brings to mind filth, cartoons, and maybe a ...

A wild boar with visible traits linked to domestic pig ancestry in Fukushima’s evacuation zone. After the 2011 nuclear accident, escaped pigs interbred with wild boar, creating a rare hybridization ...

In the late 1980s, wild boar were brought to Canada to diversify livestock and increase pork production. The boars procreated with domestic pigs, and the result was the rapidly reproducing super pig.

Canada has been dealing with feral pig problems for decades. What was once considered a problem shared by the United States ...