As African swine fever stalks the EU's biggest livestock population, researchers aim to deploy a vaccine to halt the disease's spread and shield millions of animals. The fate of millions of pigs in ...

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) reappeared in Flanders, Belgium in 2006 after more than half a century of absence. Besides being a native and highly valued game species in Europe, wild boar are also known to ...

Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the Sport Ecology research group at the ...

A wild boar under threat of euthanasia by local authorities has become a celebrity in France, with support from animal rights campaigners and French actress Brigitte Bardot. The boar, named Rillette ...

The notoriously high levels of radioactive cesium found in European wild boars aren’t just from Chernobyl. Nuclear weapons testing from 60 to 80 years ago is a leading culprit of the increase in wild ...

Majestic Red deer from eastern Europe, Blackbuck from India, Fallow deer from Eurasia and European wild boar were introduced into Argentina over a century ago. Photographing and hunting them was a ...

Until now, exotic species that have invaded Minnesota have been mostly smaller critters like zebra mussels, bighead carp or spiny water fleas. But state officials are on the lookout for a much larger ...