Hardy and adaptable, domestic pigs could survive long voyages and reproduce quickly, making them ideal livestock for early ...

“While most wild boars are naturally aggressive, some are more friendly and less afraid of people, which are the ones that may live alongside humans,” Jiajing Wang, a study co-author and ...

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, an “unusually large hybridization event” unfolded between local wild boar and escaped domestic pigs. Within just a few years, the genetics of the two ...

A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when ...

Invasive species are imported as livestock, pets and attractions in zoos. Some hitch rides on plants, on the bottom of a boot, in the ballast of ships. Then they wreak havoc. Here's how we're ...

Radioactive pig-boar hybrids are thriving in Fukushima after nuclear disaster – now scientists know why - Domestic pig genes got diluted across generations but their rapid reproductive capacity persis ...