Scientists have just uncovered why populations of radioactive pig-boar hybrids have been flourishing in Fukushima. Since the ...

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

Radioactive pig-boar hybrids are thriving in Fukushima after nuclear disaster – now scientists know why - Domestic pig genes ...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami decimated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant along the coast. The massive ecological ...

Hybridization between domestic animals and wildlife is a growing concern worldwide, particularly as feral pigs and wild boar ...

Feral pigs make effective movie villains because they already carry an unsettling reputation. In the horror-comedy film Send Help, released in theaters January 30, 2026, a wild hog becomes a ...

On December 1, 2025, the government introduced 3 changes to wild boar management to protect the livestock industry, the environment, and animal and human health.

MINNEAPOLIS -- An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate "super pigs" in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking ...

Japanese scientists have decoded the genetic mechanisms behind the proliferation of radioactive pig-boar hybrids in Fukushima's abandoned evacuation zone. Following the 2011 nuclear accident, escaped ...