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 with disabilities.

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 ...

Tiny pygmy hogs almost went extinct a few decades ago, but a dedicated conservation team is helping give them a second chance ...

This Teacup Pig has officially claimed her dad as the ultimate nap destination, and the results are heart-melting.

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 ...

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 ...

An important new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, reports the world's first auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a living human recipient. The ...

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 ...