New research from a tropical forest in Malaysia reveals that wild pigs, better known for their destructive tendencies on farms and in ecosystems, may actually help encourage tree diversity in forests.

By Carolyn Cowan Rabbit-sized, nocturnal and elusive, the greater mouse-deer hadn’t been seen in Singapore for more than 80 ...

Residents in the New Forest are calling for visitors to stop harassing their pigs for selfies. Every autumn, around 600 domestic pigs are released into the national park to snuffle out acorns, which ...

The New Forest's pannage season has been extended, meaning pigs will remain roaming the New Forest until the New Year. The extension, which lasts until Sunday, January 4, comes as Verderers responded ...

A new study shows that if the European Union lifted the pigswill ban imposed following 2001's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, and harnessed technologies developed in East Asian countries for ...

I HAVE seen Mr. Oldfield Thomas's interesting letter in your issue of October 13 relative to the remarkable forest-pig (which he has named Hylochoerus meinertzhageni). With regard to the discovery of ...

Where: The Pig is hidden away in the heart of The New Forest, surrounded by beautiful woodland. If you're looking for a good, central base, The Pig is exactly that; The New Forest offers a wealth of ...

THERE are two good mounted specimens of the forest-pig in the Museum of the Congo Free State at Tervueren, near Brussels, where I had the pleasure of examining them in July last. M. A. Dubois, ...