Today’s pigs in China have a pedigree dating back at least 8,000 years to some of the first domesticated swine, scientists say. The finding provides a more detailed picture about the history of animal ...

Much research has helped paint a picture of the relationship between sugar and our brain's reward system, though there remains many blanks to be filled. Scientists in Denmark have now offered further ...

The earliest domesticated pigs in Europe, which many archaeologists believed to be descended from European wild boar, were actually introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, new research ...

The value of the research lies in the cost of feeding pigs, Dekkers said. Paying for feed eats up more than half of a producer’s budget, and, with the memory of sky-high corn prices still fresh in the ...

In January 2016, a photograph purportedly showing the cruel living conditions of pigs in the United States began recirculating online: So you don't want to hear about the truth... That's ok. I will ...

A firm running a controversial pig farm which has attracted hundreds of complaints over smell has been refused retrospective planning permission for the site. Breckland Council said Cranswick, one of ...