A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig ...

Fukushima's hybrid pigs aren't radioactive mutants but fast-breeding boar-pig crosses that reproduce year-round, creating global ecosystem threats.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Examples of the pig molar teeth specimens analyzed for a study on pig domestication. “While most wild boars are naturally ...

The mutated pigs were created after domestic pigs escaped into abandoned farmland following the 2011 nuclear disaster in ...

Undercover footage has revealed “systemic” violence being inflicted on boars at a Norfolk farm linked to those supplying pork and ham to UK supermarkets – including some boasting high-welfare labels.

A population of hybrid feral pigs and wild boars is gaining attention following a 2011 nuclear accident caused by a magnitude ...

A Fukushima mutant pig study shows how escaped domestic pigs rapidly bred with wild boar after the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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 ...