When children lose their baby teeth, there is an adult set already growing beneath the gums, ready to emerge. But if we lose ...

Meat is available in several varieties these days, and I'm not just talking about pork, beef and chicken. We slice into ...

From heat to invasive species, hardy heritage animal breeds can handle weather extremes that commercial breeds would be ...

The new study, which is expected to get underway later this spring, is a twist on the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers won't transplant the pig liver but instead will attach it ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Some playful and squealing friends have joined the Putnam County Animal Shelter family. Five mini potbelly pigs are being housed at the shelter after workers ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of ...

These animals, descendants of domesticated pigs that have gone wild and Eurasian wild boar hybrids, are now recognized as one of the most destructive invasive species in the country. Their ...

Pigs have long captivated humans with their charming personalities and remarkable intelligence. While often underrated, these fascinating creatures possess cognitive abilities that set them apart from ...

result in animals that are not the same as their ancestors and are actually hybrid animals. Ethicists and conservationists appear to be divided on attempts to bring back extinct species – and ...