CHONGQING - Is a pig that lives in a disinfected house, and takes a bath everyday and attends its own kindergarten and primary school, better than a pig that rolls in the muck? The answer it seems is ...

On a farm in the southern American state of Virginia, Dr David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically-modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Revivicor, the ...

Three hundred thirteen-five is a beauty and sure to have beautiful babes, too. Born on March 30, the fifth piglet in litter 313, she’s an elite sow, bred to produce several generations of breeding ...

Rising costs and diminishing returns bring new approach, Yang Wanli and Shi Baoyin report from Henan. China, the world's leading pork producer, is changing the way it raises pigs. Even a family pig ...