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The city of Corona has now issued what could be described as an unusual alert: Residents are being warned to watch out for wild pigs because they may become aggressive. Barbara Andrews said she had an ...

A small study suggests that when two pigs are fighting, a bystander pig can intervene to either reduce the number of attacks by the aggressor or to help reduce the anxiety of the victim. The study of ...

(a)−(c) are Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of metabolites identified from different tissues (HP vs PG) and aggression (the hypothalamus of the most aggressive (HPM) vs the hypothalamus of the ...

In a series of studies, we investigated the concept that domesticated pigs may adopt cost efficient social strategies, in which individuals become less aggressive due to a higher number of potential ...

When living in a social group, it pays to keep the peace. Conflict resolution is an important aspect of the social lives of many animals, human and otherwise, and it can take a couple forms. The ...

From the time she was a little girl, Nicole Lorig has always been passionate about two very different things – music and animals. So when the aspiring veterinarian came to Ohio State to study animal ...

Officials from the city of Lafayette are making plans to rid the area of a surprising problem—aggressive feral pigs. The packs of wild hogs have been running wild in Lafayette, tearing up lawns, parks ...

In intensive swine production systems,, the practice of regrouping unfamiliar pigs is common, often leading to aggressive behavior. Although the effect of different musical genres composed for humans ...

An Ohio woman was mauled to death and partially eaten by her neighbor’s pigs, police said. The 75-year-old woman was attacked on Christmas Day in Pataskala, police chief Bruce Brooks said. Police were ...