Tag: pigs

May 24, 2021

WSB: Tracking feral swine sounders

Researchers are determined to learn as much as they can about feral pigs’ group dynamics by developing special tools to track dozens of individuals at a time. Feral swine (Sus...

March 24, 2020

JWM: Wild pigs affect native plant life

In Michigan, small localized populations of wild pigs are disturbing native forest vegetation — altering rare plant communities and soil chemistry — at least in the short term, researchers found....

November 18, 2019

Researchers home in on swine habits to fight the invasion

Tracking the destructive habits of feral swine in different parts of North America is giving researchers new ideas about how to stop the invasive animals. “Pigs have this really great...

August 30, 2017

Model predicts wild pig distribution in Saskatchewan

There are some preconceived notions that free-ranging wild pigs (Sus scrofa), an invasive species in North America, are unlikely to survive in cold areas since many of them are invading...