New research has shown male feral pig populations spread disease faster and further than female populations. The invasive animals are known to carry serious diseases like Japanese encephalitis virus.

Feral hogs are already considered pests among humans ... via game cameras and attached GPS transmitters to breeding-size male and female alligators to monitor their movement and habitat usage.

I recently learned the hunting designations for wild boars/ feral hogs, and my heart softened towards these critters ever so slightly ...

All are interchangeably called wild or feral hogs, pigs or boars; in this context, “boar” can refer to a male or female. (Technically, “feral” refers to animals that can be traced back to ...

Feral hogs are a menace to farmers across the US, causing at least $2.5 billion in damage annually. There’s only one way to stop the damage: eradication — a difficult but doable option that's ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Abstract: Feral hogs (Sus scrofa) have recently expanded their range to include portions of the arid regions of the Chihuahuan Desert, ...

Wednesday’s Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board meeting could not pass without a considerable discussion about feral hogs — and what’s becoming a difficult effort to eradicate the non-native ...

Female pigs may be the "factories" of feral populations, but a new study suggests male pigs are the disease "super spreaders". The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal eLife in ...