How did the pig we know and love get to be a pig? The standard story, beginning with Charles Darwin and filled out with the evidence from bones in archaeological digs, is that humans domesticated the ...

Thankfully, the pictured pigfish (fishpig?) was not meant to be eaten. The colored woodprint was included in Ortus Sanitatis, a late 15th century German guide to the medicinal uses of plants and ...

An international team of researchers studied the mitochondrial DNA and MC1R gene sequences in tissue samples collected from 57 modern feral Hawaiian pigs. They found a novel mutation in all the ...

The actor has teamed up with the National Pork Board to help correct some misconceptions about pig farming Dory Jackson is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE's TV News team. Upon joining the brand in March ...

Eric Stonestreet has a few things he'd like to clear up about pigs — yes, pigs. In honor of October's National Pork Month, the Modern Family alum has teamed up with the National Pork Board to help ...

New research suggests the Polynesians, Europeans and the Chinese have had a penchant for black pigs because of the novelty of their colour. Pigs have played an important cultural role in Hawaii since ...