These pigs aren’t considered to be different in any other way—including taste and safety—from unmodified pigs. PIC’s gene-edited pigs aren’t the first to be approved as food in the U.S.

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 species in North America. They cause millions ...

Feral pigs roam near a Mertzon, Texas, ranch on Feb. 18, 2009. AP Photo/Eric Gay Eradication of wild pigs is no longer possible in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Brook said.

But pigs offer more than just a potential source for organ donation. For over 30 years, scientists have been using pigs in a number of medical fields, including dermatology, cardiology and more.

Piggsburg Pigs! is a Fox Kids animated comedy series from Ruby-Spears Productions, which aired in 1990. On July 23, 2001, Piggsburg Pigs! and other properties of Saban Entertainment were sold to ...

Several-week-old pigs stand in a pen inside a barn at Paustian Enterprises in Walcott, Iowa, in Nov. 2014. The results of the research on pigs in Belgium is expected by the end of the year. (REUTERS) ...

Scientists are optimistic that gene-edited animals could provide a new source of organs for transplantation. Pig organs modified to minimize rejection are now being tested in humans.

In pigs, personality is frequently measured by watching how the animals cope under different circumstances. Pigs that are deemed proactive, characterized by more active and consistent behavior ...

Feral pigs are biological time bombs. Can California stem their ‘exponential’ damage? Wild pigs feed on grubs, roots and acorns at Joseph D. Grant County Park in Santa Clara County.