A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when ...

Wild boar roaming the forests around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant now carry domestic pig DNA, a genetic legacy of the chaos that followed the 2011 nuclear disaster. When residents ...

Scientists have just uncovered why populations of radioactive pig-boar hybrids have been flourishing in Fukushima. Since the ...

Radioactive pig-boar hybrids are thriving in Fukushima after nuclear disaster – now scientists know why - Domestic pig genes got diluted across generations but their rapid reproductive capacity persis ...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami decimated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant along the coast. The massive ecological ...

Domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the nuclear disaster offer lessons in wildlife genetics and invasive species management.

This week, researchers reported on a juvenile great white shark caught by fishermen in Spanish Mediterranean waters. China's ...

On December 1, 2025, the government introduced 3 changes to wild boar management to protect the livestock industry, the environment, and animal and human health.

Feral pigs make effective movie villains because they already carry an unsettling reputation. In the horror-comedy film Send Help, released in theaters January 30, 2026, a wild hog becomes a ...

March 11, 2011: A trio of disasters hit Japan like dominoes falling in Hell. The nation’s largest recorded earthquake (magnitude of 9.0) triggered a devastating tsunami, which in turn triggered an ...