There's a lot to recommend guinea pigs as the perfect family pet: They're small, easy to care for, and have sweet temperaments. Also known as cavies, there are 13 breeds of guinea pigs officially ...

Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication events that occurred independently in East Asia and the Near East, beginning ...

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation about pig breeds in Uganda, some is deliberate and the other is out of ignorance. Some breeders give wrong information for purposes of business. Others ...

Farmer Zhang Qiang considers his pigs not just livestock, but national treasures. He is among a handful of Chinese breeders who still specialize in native species - in his case, Wulian black pigs.

Nick Brain's free-range pigs snort and snuffle with delight as he tips buckets of acorns in their path. Some pig breeds face extinction in Australia, as they aren't suited to intensive farming ...