If you’re looking to become a pig parent, you should know: baby pigs are incredibly cute and lovable but require lots of love, care, and attention. Piglets vary in size according to their breed; some ...

Fresh vegetables give your guinea pig many key nutrients to keep them healthy and prevent illness. Perhaps the most critical is vitamin C. Unlike many other mammals, guinea pigs cannot produce ...

We often see conversations among cat and dog parents about the challenges of grooming, but as any small animal lover can tell ...

One of Bubba’s co-workers saw him eating pickled pigs feet for lunch and scolded him. “You know people who eat pork die young,” the co-worker said. “I’ll have you know my grandmother lived to be 103,” ...

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Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days ... to donate one of their kidneys or for someone to die with healthy enough organs and a willingness to donate.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy ... in the short term but can do only 10% to 15% of what a healthy kidney does, and people on dialysis have a 50% chance of dying ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But ...

Expenses go beyond just food for the pig, such as material for a pen. “Youth doing this project aren’t in it for money,” she explained. “They seem to be in this project to learn how to grow healthy ...