From jumping fences, destroying golf courses and digging up yards, wild pigs — also called wild boars or feral hogs — are one of the most destructive and invasive animals in the U.S. And while many ...

This article was originally featured in The Conversation. They go by many names–pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks–but whatever you call them, wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive ...

The wildlife you see on your next hiking trip? The rustle in your backyard at night? It might not be a raccoon or a deer. A steady increase in the population of wild pigs — a marauding, non-native ...

Feral pigs are going “hog wild” across the San Francisco Bay Area—and wildlife officials are ramping up their efforts to stop the destructive creatures. Wild pigs are nothing new in the Golden State.

Moore Creek Park near Lake Hennessey faces the challenge of keeping the wild hog population from going hog wild, with the health of its ecosystem at stake. The beasts are a formidable adversary, ...

Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and found blue meat inside. “I’m not talking ...

Feral pig roams Congaree National Park near Columbia, S.C. Wild hogs are chewing up the southern landscape, wildlife managers say Courtesy John Grego, Friends of Congaree Swamp From jumping fences, ...