The Year of the Dragon is coming to a close. Tomorrow, a new moon will herald in the Year of the Snake and the start of Spring Festival celebrations.

A 66-year-old man from New Hampshire became the fourth person to receive a pig’s kidney. By Roni Caryn Rabin Surgeons in Boston successfully transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified pig ...

A Mass General Hospital surgical team has completed its second pig-to-human kidney transplant, less than a year after the hospital performed the world’s first such surgery. A Mass General ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to two biotechnology companies for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs ...

So Andrews didn’t hesitate when his doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital asked whether he would consider an experimental transplant using a kidney from a donor pig. “All of a sudden ...

For its legions of dedicated fans, The Pig isn’t a hotel so much as a lifestyle. “We get a lot of people throughout the year who are returning visitors. They'll move from Pig to Pig,” its ...

From snake-themed events to whether your luck is in: discover all you need to know about the coming Lunar New Year in our Year of the Snake 2025 series. Pigs are a sign opposing the tai sui ...

A flight attendant in China who quit her job and moved back to her hometown to become a pig farmer earned 200,000 yuan (US$28,000) in just two months. Yang Yanxi, 27, was born into a rural family ...

A group of rogue pigs who have been causing chaos in a quaint village for months have been caught on camera destroying a pristine lawn after escaping from a nearby farm. The pigs are accused of ...