Every dog, cat and miniature potbellied pig kept in the city must have an annual license. The new licenses will be valid Jan.

NBC recently honored The Barn at Spring Brook Farm with a $20,000 grant in recognition of the farm’s support for children ...

Merkimer's owner, Rain, told Newsweek that the tiny pig—who is a "full-time drama queen"—has a huge personality.

A 10-gene-edited pig liver kept a human alive for weeks in a world-first procedure. Find out how this landmark xenotransplant ...

Dimension Bio wants to grow a simplified liver from cells to sustain patients long enough for a damaged liver to recover—or ...

A new polymer reported in Nature may mark a turning point for needle-free insulin delivery. Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a charge-shifting polyzwitterion that can carry insulin ...

If Kevin Figes’ Pig Records has taught us anything over its dozen-year run, it’s that the label thrives on the unpredictable.

LATHAM -- "Agriculture teaches you more about life than any other industry," Gov. Mike Kehoe told Latham Elementary School students on Wednesday.

A groundbreaking medical milestone was achieved with the first successful transplantation of a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human. The 71-year-old recipient survived for nearly six ...

The liver transplant, carried out 171 days before the patient died, holds great possibilities for the future of hepatology. (Envato Elements pic) The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half ...

MARANA — Oatis the piglet was smaller than Bryanna Tinsley’s head when she purchased and shipped him from Texas. Tinsley said the pig now weighs about 120 pounds. Tinsley, who lives in Avondale, is ...

Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. Megan Molteni reports on ...