Babirusa pregnancies are unusually predictable - almost every birth at Chester Zoo has arrived after exactly 161 days of gestation. Keepers began counting down once Matano was seen with male Bamm Bamm ...

Determining an animal’s genetic potential almost from the first days of its life is within the power of modern genetics. In other words, there is no longer any need for years of monitoring ...

A TINY "pig-deer" has been born at Chester Zoo, offering fresh hope for her rare and charismatic species. The babirusa piglet, named Rana, is a new arrival at the zoo. She belongs to a species now ...

CHINA’S largest pork-producing province has introduced a genomic breeding tool designed for indigenous pig breeding, a sign ...

Forty percent of the respondents had a PIN, but very few had a Secure Pork Supply Plan or were enrolled in the United States ...

Thrissur (Kerala), Aug 10 (PTI) African swine fever (ASF) has been detected among pigs at the Pig Breeding Unit of the Animal Husbandry Department in Kunnamkulam here, officials said on Monday. They ...

Acorn was one of many farm animals up for auction in Saturday’s junior livestock sale at the Boulder County Fair. The annual ...

The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) has turned over a PHP3.1 million swine ...

The squeals of pigs echoed through the show barn Wednesday afternoon as more than 40 young exhibitors guided hogs of every ...

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A couple have announced plans to breed and eat guinea pigs after being granted planning approval to build an eco-home in rural Wales. Dave and Mayu Phillips were given the go-ahead by Pembrokeshire ...

Swimming 900 miles won’t be “the worst way to spend four months,” Catherine Breed says — as long as the great whites, jellyfish and elephant seals leave her alone. Swimming 900 miles won’t be “the ...