Size and weight are the most apparent differences between a pig and a wild boar. Domesticated pigs are significantly larger and heavier than wild boars, but there is an explanation for that.

An employee of the Alabama Wildlife Conversation Department once told me that he’s heard from land owners twice pertaining to ...

In Hong Kong, a wild boar was euthanized after assaulting a woman and a 15-year-old boy near a train station, marking the 541st such incident handled by authorities since 2021.

News Release 30-Aug-2023 The wild boar paradox - finally solved Decades after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, wild boar meat is still surprisingly radioactive.

While the contamination of deer and roe deer decreased over time as expected, the measured levels of radioactivity in the meat of wild boar remained surprisingly high -- higher than the half-life ...

After analysing the ratio of caesium isotopes in samples of wild boar meat from 11 districts of Bavaria, Germany, the team concluded that global fallout from nuclear weapons tests is responsible for a ...

A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by authorities to remove and even euthanise her triggered a storm of protest.

Talk about a snow-boar-der! A winter-sports enthusiast was caught off guard at a ski resort in Japan this month when he encountered a bold boar as he was finishing his snowboard run. In the ...

A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by authorities to remove and even euthanize her triggered a storm of protest.

A cow herd in Germany has gained an unlikely following, after adopting a lone wild boar piglet.

Before they were banned, wild boar were found in 65 of Michigan’s 83 counties including Macomb, Oakland, Livingston, and Washtenaw counties. Now, they’re only found in three counties.