An invasive species of Canadian wild hogs is threatening to spread into the US. According to the AP, the pigs are exceptionally hard to eradicate. They're a crossbreed of American and Eurasian hogs — ...

Feral hogs' long snouts and tusks allow them to rip and root their way across the landscape in search of food. USDA/Flickr, CC BY The wild pigs in Canada are unique because they were originally ...

Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication events that occurred independently in East Asia and the Near East, beginning ...

Wild boars photographed in the winter around the city of Stuttgart, Germany. Photo: Franziska Kraufmann (AP) Canada’s wild hogs are apparently poised to invade America’s yard. In new research this ...

Manitoba’s wild pig control program is seeing increased success in trapping and removing invasive animals, particularly in a ...

A Canadian nonprofit is urging residents of the province of British Columbia to be on the lookout for invasive feral pigs, as fears rise that domestic pigs could have escaped their enclosures during ...

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — Leaders with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KYFWR) are asking residents of Floyd County and surrounding areas to keep their eyes peeled for wild ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service suggests eating invasive species to help protect native animals and ecosystems. Invasive species can have a significant economic impact, costing the U.S. billions of ...

In his revered 1917 poem “The Wild Swans at Coole,” Irish writer William Butler Yeats describes the fabled birds as brilliant ...

This article was originally featured in The Conversation. They go by many names–pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks–but whatever you call them, wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive ...