LANCASTER — Wildlife officials confirmed that the animal hit by a car on Route 2 Wednesday was a European wild boar, and say the beast likely escaped from a farm or wildlife preserve. “That ...

Interpreting the results of their analysis the team concluded that aside from a coat colour gene, most Near Eastern ancestry in the genomes of European domestic pigs disappeared over 3,000 years ago ...

Wild boar, the European eagle owl, the Monk parakeet and 60 other species have been added to the list of non-native species that pose a threat to Britain's indigenous animals.

Ancient pig genes from the Near East were changed completely by hybridisation with European wild boar. Over the last 10,000 years, as humans have spread across the globe, pigs have followed alongside ...

“I’m going to make a European mount of the boar skull with tusks like I’ve done to other hogs,” says Ramalingam. “They make an impressive mount, and this one is far bigger than any other hog I’ve ...

Until now, exotic species that have invaded Minnesota have been mostly smaller critters like zebra mussels, bighead carp or spiny water fleas. But state officials are on the lookout for a much ...